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 ...

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politician and journalist. Born in 1895 in Rostov-on-Don, Bestchetvertnoi was a member of RSDLP(b) 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.

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Resolution of the 15th Congress of VKP(b) about the opposition of December 18, 1927
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bestchetvertnoi, Nikolay 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)