Dmitry Kursky

Dmitry Ivanovich Kursky (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Ку́рский; 10 October 1874 – 20 December 1932) was a Russian communist politician and statesman.

Dmitry Kursky
Дми́трий Ку́рский
Kursky c. 1923
Chairman of the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party
In office
31 May 1924  2 December 1927
Preceded byViktor Nogin
Succeeded byMikhail Vladimirsky
Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR
In office
26 May 1922  16 January 1928
PremierVladimir Lenin
Alexey Rykov
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byNikolai Janson
People's Commissar for Justice of the Russian SFSR
In office
14 September 1918  6 July 1923
PremierVladimir Lenin
Preceded byPēteris Stučka
Succeeded byNone—position dissolved
Personal details
Born10 October 1874
Kiev, Russian Empire
Died20 December 1932(1932-12-20) (aged 58)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Political partyRSDLP (1904-1912)
All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (1912-1932)
OccupationLawyer

Kursky joined the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1904. He served as the chairman of the Drissa town Soviet. He was the People's Commissar for Justice of the RSFSR and the USSR from 1918–1928.[1] He committed suicide in 1932.[2]

References

  1. Lenin: 142. TELEGRAM TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DRISSA TOWN SOVIET. Marxists.org (13 June 2006). Retrieved on 2015-11-29.
  2. Poemas del río Wang: For a birthday. Riowang.blogspot.com (30 December 2011). Retrieved on 2015-11-29.
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