Karl Yanovich Bauman (russian: Карл Янович Бауман, lv, Kārlis Baumanis; August 29, 1892 – October 14, 1937) was a Latvian-born Soviet politician and functionary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was born in Viļķene Parish,

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. Bauman was a member of the

Central Committee elected by the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) The Central Committee of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) sat from 10 February 1934 until the convening of the 18th Congress on 10 March 1939. Its 1st Plenary Session elected the Politburo, Secretariat and Orgburo. ...

, the

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, and candidate member of the Politburo. He was appointed head of the Science and Scientific-technological Discoveries Department on May 13, 1935. On April 14, 1937, he was removed from his post. During the

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, as a part of the so-called " Latvian Operation", Bauman was arrested on October 12, 1937, and died in Lefortovo Prison,

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two days later after a brutal interrogation. After the death of

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

in 1953, he was rehabilitated (posthumously exonerated).Бауман Карл Янович
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1892 births 1937 deaths People from Limbaži Municipality People from Kreis Wolmar Bolsheviks Latvian communists Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union candidate members Members of the Orgburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union All-Russian Central Executive Committee members Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union members Latvian Operation of the NKVD Great Purge victims from Latvia People executed by the Soviet Union Members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union executed by the Soviet Union Soviet rehabilitations {{USSR-politician-stub