Yuri Petrovich Figatner
Yuri Petrovich Figatner ( Russian Юрий Петрович Фигатнер ; 1889 in Odessa - September 20, 1937 in Moscow ) was a Russian revolutionary and politician.
Figatner was People's Commissar for Internal Affairs in the Terek Republic in 1918, and in 1919 he went to the Transcaucasus to do illegal party work . From March 1921 to February 1922 he was secretary of the Caucasian Office of the Central Committee of the KPR . Later he worked in a responsible position in the economy. From the 14th party congress he was a member of the Central Party Control Commission of the CPSU . In 1937 he was arrested for “terrorist activities” in the course of the Stalinist purges and shot on September 20th.
Figatner was rehabilitated in 1956.
Web links
- Kurzbiografie (English)
- Short biography (Russian)
- The victims of political terror in the USSR - Фигатнер Юрий Петрович (Russian)
- Jurij Figatner. Entry at Nekropole.info (English)
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| SURNAME | Figatner, Yuri Petrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Фигатнер, Юрий Петрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian revolutionary and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Odessa |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 1937 |
| Place of death | Moscow |