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Nikolai Krylenko

Russian revolutionary, politician and chess organiser (1885-1938) · Russia · On the map · Activists · Died at 53

Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko was an Old Bolshevik and Soviet politician, military commander, and jurist. Krylenko served in a variety of posts in the Soviet legal system, rising to become People's Commissar for Justice and Prosecutor General of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic.

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Order of Lenin
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He was executed during the Great Purge.

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Russia
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1885 to 1938 · aged 53