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Dmitry Kursky

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Dmitry Kursky
Дмитрий Курский
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
Born22 October 1874
Kiev, Russian Empire
Died20 December 1932(1932-12-20) (aged 58)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Political partyRSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1904–1918)
All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (1918–1932)
OccupationLawyer

Dmitry Ivanovich Kursky (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Ку́рский; 22 October [O.S. 10 October] 1874 – 20 December 1932) was a Soviet Ukrainian jurist and statesman.

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 died on December 20 1932, aged 58.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lenin: 142. Telegram to the chairman of the Drissa town soviet. Marxists.org (13 June 2006). Retrieved on 2015-11-29.
  2. ^ "под ред. Д. П. Ненарокова. Глазунов М. М., Митрофанов Б. А. Курский Дмитрий Иванович. Реввоенсовет Республики. История России. Библиотека". statehistory.ru. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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