Dmitry Kursky

Dmitry Kursky Дми́трий Ку́рский
People's Commissar for Justice of the Russian SFSR
In office 14 September 1918 – 6 July 1923
Premier	Vladimir Lenin
Preceded by	Pēteris Stučka
Succeeded by	None—position dissolved
Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR
In office 26 May 1922 – 16 January 1928
Premier	Vladimir Lenin Alexey Rykov
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Nikolai Janson
Personal details
Born	10 October 1874 Kiev, Russian Empire
Died	20 December 1932 Moscow, Soviet Union
Political party	All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks)
Occupation	Lawyer

Dmitry Ivanovich Kursky (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Ку́рский) — (10 October 1874 — 20 December 1932), a.k.a. Urban, was a Russian communist politician. 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]

References

1. ^ Lenin: 142. TELEGRAM TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DRISSA TOWN SOVIET

External links

• Biography (Russian)
• Kursky, Dmytry Ivanovich (Russian)
• The History of Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian)

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Name	Kursky, D.I.
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Short description
Date of birth	10 October 1874
Place of birth	Kiev, Russian Empire
Date of death	20 December 1932
Place of death	Moscow, Soviet Union