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Viktor Nogin

Viktor Nogin

Viktor Pavlovich Nogin (Russian: Ви́ктор Па́влович Ноги́н; 14 February [O.S. 2 February] 1878 – 22 May 1924) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician, and statesman in Moscow, holding many high positions in the party and in government, including Chairman of the Moscow Military Revolutionary Committee and Chairman of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of Moscow Council of Workers' Deputies (Mayor of Moscow). He was a member of first the Council of People's Commissars, i.e., the first Government of Soviet Russia, as People's Commissar for Commerce and Industry.