Levan Gogoberidze ( ka, ლევან ღოღობერიძე; 21 January 1896 – 21 March 1937) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

and Georgian politician. He served as

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 May to 19 November 1930. He was replaced as First Secretary because of accusations he was too leftist and was replaced by

Samson Mamulia Samson Mamulia ( ka, სამსონ მამულია; russian: Самсон Мамулия; 1892–1937) was a Georgian Soviet politician and the First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party from November 20, 1930 to October 13, 1931. ...

. In 1937 he was shot as part of 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 Yezhov'), was Soviet General Secret ...

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* 1896 births 1937 deaths 20th-century politicians from Georgia (country) First Secretaries of the Georgian Communist Party Great Purge victims from Georgia (country) People from Kutais Governorate Soviet politicians {{USSR-politician-stub