Lavrenty Kartvelishvili ( ka, ლავრენტი იოსების ძე ქართველიშვილი; russian: Картвелишвили, Лаврентий Иосифович; 28 April 1890 – 22 August 1938) was a
Georgian Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...
revolutionary and Soviet politician who served as the
First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party The First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (; ) was the leading position in the Georgian Communist Party during the Soviet era. Its leaders were responsible for many of the affairs in Georgia and were considered the leader of the Georgian S ...
from 11 September to 14 November 1931.
Biography
A son of a peasant, he was born on 16 (28) April 1890 in the village of Yaneti in Tiflis province. Involved in the revolutionary movement since 1905, he was a member of the
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party since 1910. In 1911 he studied at the Kiev Commercial Institute, which he graduated in 1914.
During the
October Revolution
The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key mome ...
he was in
Kiev and became one of the organizers of the struggle for Soviet power in Ukraine. He was chairman of the regional committee of the RSDLP in Kiev, member of the revolutionary and underground district and city committee of the CP in
Odessa. In 1919–1920, he was first secretary and then head of the organizational department of the CP District Committee in Odessa.
He was First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolshevik Party) of Georgia in 1923–1928, chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the
Georgian SSR
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц ...
in 1927–1928, and chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Georgian SSR in 1927–1929. From 11 September to 14 November 1931, he was
First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party The First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (; ) was the leading position in the Georgian Communist Party during the Soviet era. Its leaders were responsible for many of the affairs in Georgia and were considered the leader of the Georgian S ...
.
After being replaced in Georgia by his political adversary
Lavrentiy Beria
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (; rus, Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия, Lavréntiy Pávlovich Bériya, p=ˈbʲerʲiə; ka, ლავრენტი ბერია, tr, ; – 23 December 1953) was a Georgian Bolsheviks ...
, he became between 1931 and 1933 First secretary of the National Committee of the All-Union Communist Party in Western Siberia, and between 1933 and 1936 in the Far East. From 28 December 1936 to 14 July 1937, he was First Secretary of the District Committee of the CPSU in the
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
.
![Lavrentiy Kartvelishvili NKVD](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Lavrentiy_Kartvelishvili_NKVD.jpg)
On 29 June 1937, he was arrested by the
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union.
...
at the request of
Pavel Postyshev
Pavel Petrovich Postyshev (russian: Па́вел Петро́вич По́стышев; – 26 February 1939) was a Soviet politician, state and Communist Party official and party publicist. He was a member of Joseph Stalin's inner circle, befor ...
, accused of espionage for Germany, Japan, Great Britain and other foreign powers, participation in a conspiracy to overthrow Soviet power and the murder of Stalin, Yezhov and other party and state leaders. Sentenced to death by the Military College of the Supreme Court of the USSR, he was executed in
Kommunarka on 22 August 1938.
References
External links
Free Dictionary* http://www.hrono.ru/biograf/bio_k/kvartveli.php (Russian)
* https://oval.ru/enc/88572.html (Russian)
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1890 births
1938 deaths
People from Tbilisi
First Secretaries of the Georgian Communist Party
Deaths by firearm in Russia
Executed politicians
Great Purge victims from Georgia (country)
Heads of government of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party members
Old Bolsheviks
Revolutionaries from Georgia (country)
First Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Transcaucasian SFSR