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Dmitry Kursky
Dmitry Ivanovich Kursky (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Ку́рский; 10 October 1874 – 20 December 1932) was a Russian Soviet jurist and statesman.
Dmitry Kursky Дми́трий Ку́рский | |
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Kursky c. 1923 | |
| Chairman of the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party | |
| In office 31 May 1924 – 2 December 1927 | |
| Preceded by | Viktor Nogin |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Vladimirsky |
| Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 26 May 1922 – 16 January 1928 | |
| Premier | Vladimir Lenin Alexey Rykov |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Janson |
| People's Commissar for Justice of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 14 September 1918 – 6 July 1923 | |
| Premier | Vladimir Lenin |
| Preceded by | Pēteris Stučka |
| Succeeded by | None—position dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1874 Kiev, Russian Empire |
| Died | 20 December 1932 (aged 58) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Political party | RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1904–1918) All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (1918–1932) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Kursky joined the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1904. He served as the chairman of the Drissa town Soviet. He was the People's Commissar for Justice of the RSFSR and the USSR from 1918–1928.[1] He committed suicide in 1932.[2]
References
External links
- (in Russian)
- Kursky, Dmytry Ivanovich (in Russian)
- The History of Communist Party of the Soviet Union (in Russian)