Nikolai Kirillovich Antipov (russian: Николай Кириллович Анти́пов, 15 December 1894 – 29 July 1938) was a

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politician. He was appointed Member of the

Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union The All-Union Central Executive Committee (russian: Всесоюзный Центральный исполнительный комитет, Vsesoyuznyy Tsentral'nyy ispolnitel'nyy komitet) was the most authoritative governing body of the USSR d ...

and elected member of the

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(1924–1937) and candidate member of the

Orgburo The Orgburo (russian: Оргбюро́), also known as the Organisational Bureau (russian: организационное бюро), of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union existed from 1919 to 1952, when it was abo ...

(1924–1925, 1928–1930). He was executed during the

Great Purge The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Nikolay Yezhov, Yezhov'), was General ...

and rehabilitated posthumously.

Biography

Antipov was born on in the village of Lisichkino, Starorussky Uyezd,

Novgorod Governorate Novgorod Governorate (Pre-reformed rus, Новгоро́дская губе́рнія, r=Novgorodskaya guberniya, p=ˈnofɡərətskəjə ɡʊˈbʲernʲɪjə, t=Government of Novgorod), was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Ru ...

, in the family of a peasant. Antipov trained as a fitter at a nautical technical school, and worked as a locksmith in a

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

shipyard and in the Dynamo factory, Moscow. In 1912 he joined the ranks of RSDLP (b). He was arrested in 1913 for participating in the activities organized by the party. In 1914, he was once again rearrested, and spent a year in prison. Arrested for a third time, for running an underground printing press, he was released during the

February Revolution The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and somet ...

. In 1917, he was elected to the Petrograd Committee of RSDLP (b) and a deputy of the

Petrograd Soviet The Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies (russian: Петроградский совет рабочих и солдатских депутатов, ''Petrogradskiy soviet rabochikh i soldatskikh deputatov'') was a city council of P ...

, and in October 1917 to the Presidium of the Petrograd Central Council of factory committees. In August 1918, he was appointed to the post of Vice-President and then (January 1919) to the office of President of Petrograd

Cheka The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission ( rus, Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия, r=Vserossiyskaya chrezvychaynaya komissiya, p=fsʲɪrɐˈsʲijskəjə tɕrʲɪzvɨˈtɕæjnəjə kɐˈmʲisʲɪjə), abbreviated ...

, replacing

Varvara Yakovleva Varvara Alexeyevna Yakovleva (russian: Варвара Алексеевна Яковлева; c. 1880 - July 18, 1918), called Nun Barbara (russian: Инокиня Варвара), was a Russian Orthodox nun in the convent of Grand Duchess Elizabe ...

. In 1919, he was transferred to

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

, serving as a secretary of the Kazan Governorate Communist Party Committee. In 1920, he was transferred to Moscow. to work in the People's Commissariat for Transport, and later as Secretary of the Moscow Committee of the Communist Party. In 1924, he was elected a member of the Communist Party Central Committee, and appointed head of Ograspred, the Central Committee department responsible for appointing personnel, which brought him into regular, close contact with the General secretary,

Josif 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 Secreta ...

. In January 1926, he was appointed First Secretary of the Ural Regional Committee. In 1926, he was moved to the post of the Second Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee and Secretary of the Northwest Office of the Communist Party. From January 16, 1928, to March 30, 1931, Antipov served as head of the

People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR was the central organ of the Soviet Union government that was in charge of the organisation and administration of the different forms of communication including posts. It existed between ...

. In 1931, he was appointed to the position of People's Commissar of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspectorate of the USSR. He was soon appointed to the post of Deputy Chairman of the Commission of Soviet Control under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR. On April 27, 1935, Antipov was appointed to the position of Chairman of the USSR Commission on Soviet Control and

Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union This is a list of all deputy premiers of the Soviet Union. List Deputy chairman of the Council of People's Commissars * Lev Kamenev (July 6, 1923 - January 16, 1926) * Alexei Rykov (July 6, 1923 - February 2, 1924) * Alexander Tsiurupa (July 6, ...

. During the

, Antipov was arrested on June 21, 1937 and expelled from the Communist Party. On July 28, 1938, he was sentenced to death by the

Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union The Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union (Russian: Военная коллегия Верховного суда СССР, ''Voennaya kollegiya Verkhovnogo suda SSSR'') was created in 1924 by the Supreme Court of the Sovie ...

and executed the next day. On June 30, 1956, the decision of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court was quashed, and Antipov was rehabilitated and restored to the ranks of the Communist Party.

References

Bibliography

*State power of the USSR. The highest authorities and administrations and their leaders. 1923–1991 Historical-biographical reference/DSGL. Ivkin. -M.: Russian Political Encyclopedia (Rosspen), 1999. Is . *The Encyclopedia of the secret services of Russia/author-writer Kolpakidi. -M.: AST: Astrel: Tranzitkniga, 2004. -C. 431. -800 c.-.

External links

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