Levan Gogoberidze

Levan Gogoberidze (Georgian: ლევან ღოღობერიძე; 21 January 1896 – 21 March 1937) was a Soviet and Georgian politician. He served as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party from May to 19 November 1930. He was replaced as First Secretary because of accusations he was too leftist and was replaced by Samson Mamulia.[1] In 1937 he was shot as part of the Great Purge.[2]

Levan Gogoberidze
ლევან ღოღობერიძე
First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party
In office
May 1930 – 19 November 1930
Preceded byMikheil Kakhiani
Succeeded bySamson Mamulia
Personal details
Born(1896-01-21)21 January 1896
Pridonaan-Jikhaishi, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
Died21 March 1937(1937-03-21) (aged 41)
NationalitySoviet
Political partyRussian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1916–1936)

Notes
  1. Suny 1994, p. 252
  2. Suny 1994, p. 277

References
  • Suny, Ronald Grigor (1994), The Making of the Georgian Nation (Second ed.), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0-25-320915-3
Party political offices
Preceded by
Mikheil Kakhiani		 First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party
1930		 Succeeded by
Samson Mamulia


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