Dmitry Kursky Explained

Dmitry Kursky
Birth Date:22 October 1874
Birth Place:Kiev, Russian Empire
Death Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupation:Lawyer
Office:Chairman of the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party
Term Start:31 May 1924
Term End:2 December 1927
Predecessor:Viktor Nogin
Successor:Mikhail Vladimirsky
Office2:People's Commissar for Justice of the Russian SFSR
Term Start2:14 September 1918
Term End2:6 July 1923
Premier2:Vladimir Lenin
Predecessor2:Pēteris Stučka
Successor2:None—position dissolved
Office1:Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR
Term Start1:26 May 1922
Term End1:16 January 1928
Premier1:Vladimir Lenin
Alexey Rykov
Predecessor1:Post established
Successor1:Nikolai Janson
Party:RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1904–1918)
All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (1918–1932)
Native Name Lang:ru

Dmitry Ivanovich Kursky (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Ку́рский; – 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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/feb/19dts.htm#bkV35E316 Lenin: 142. Telegram to the chairman of the Drissa town soviet
  2. Web site: под ред. Д. П. Ненарокова. Глазунов М. М., Митрофанов Б. А. Курский Дмитрий Иванович. Реввоенсовет Республики. История России. Библиотека. . 2023-08-09 . statehistory.ru.