Grigory Petrovsky

Grigory Ivanovich Petrovsky (Russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Петро́вский; Ukrainian: Григо́рій Іва́нович Петро́вський, romanized: Hryhorii Ivanovych Petrovskyi; 4 February 1878 – 10 January 1958) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician and Old Bolshevik. He participated in signing the Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Petrovsky was the head of state of Soviet Ukraine from 1919 until 1938, and one of the officials responsible for implementing Stalin's policy of collectivization.