Nikolay Ilych Bestchetvertnoi (russian: Николай Ильич Бесчетвертной) was a Russian-Ukrainian
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,
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
politician and journalist.
Born in 1895 in
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
, Bestchetvertnoi was a member of
RSDLP(b)
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first)Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
since 1915 and as a member of central committee of
Communist Party of Ukraine (bolsheviks) (CP(b)U) he worked in 1918 for underground organization of the
Kharkiv Governorate
Kharkiv Governorate ( uk, Харківська губернія, translit=Kharkivska huberniia) was a governorate of Ukraine from 1918 to 1925.
The region was re-established in 1918 as the Kharkov Governorate plus southern regions of Kursk Gover ...
party committee. In 1920 Bestchetvertnoi was degraded to the status of candidate to members of the party central committee, yet he was elected as a secretary of the committee and a member of provisional bureau CP(b)U (Politburo). Bestchetvertnoi also was the chief editor of the newspaper "''Kommunist of Ukraine''" in 1920.
In 1927 he was excluded rom Communist Party at the
15th Congress VKP(b) and later retired. On September 4, 1936 Bestchetvertnoi was arrested and was executed by a firesquad on May 29, 1937.
References
External links
Resolution of the 15th Congress of VKP(b) about the opposition of December 18, 1927(
)
Nikolay Bestchetvertnoiat
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1895 births
1937 deaths
Victims of Red Terror in Soviet Russia
Politicians from Rostov-on-Don
Russian revolutionaries
Bolsheviks
Executed Russian people
Executed people from Rostov Oblast
People executed by Russia by firing squad
First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union)