Dmitry Kursky

Dmitry Kursky
Дми́трий Ку́рский

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(1932-12-20) (aged 58)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Political party All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks)
Occupation Lawyer

Dmitry Ivanovich Kursky (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Ку́рский; 10 October 1874 – 20 December 1932) was a Russian communist politician. 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

  1. Lenin: 142. TELEGRAM TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DRISSA TOWN SOVIET. Marxists.org (13 June 2006). Retrieved on 2015-11-29.
  2. Poemas del río Wang: For a birthday. Riowang.blogspot.com (30 December 2011). Retrieved on 2015-11-29.

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