Grigory Aronshtam Explained

Grigory Aronshtam
Office:First Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan
1Blankname:General Secretary
1Namedata:Joseph Stalin
Term Start:11 May 1928
Term End:August 1930
Predecessor:Nikolay Paskutsky
Successor:Yakov Popok
Birth Date:1893
Birth Place:Borzna, Chernihiv Governorate
Death Place:Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Citizenship:Soviet
Party:Communist Party of Turkmenistan
Resting Place:Kommunarka shooting ground

Grigory Naumovich Aronshtam (1893 – 1938) served as the fourth first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR, serving from 11 May 1928 until August 1930. In addition, he was the third and final person to hold the position of president of the Turkmen SSR before its responsibilities were merged with those of the first secretary. He was the brother of Lazar Aronshtam. Like his brother he was executed during the Great Purge and posthumously rehabilitated in 1956.[1]

He was succeeded as first secretary by Yakov Popok.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grigori Naumovich Aronshtam. 1893 . geni.com. 12 September 2018.