And posthumously rehabilitated him during the perestroika
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Alexei Ivanovich Rykov was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician and statesman, most prominent as premier of Russia and the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1929 and 1924 to 1930 respectively. He was one of the accused in Joseph Stalin's show trials during the Great Purge.
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politics · Premier of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1930 · politician · also Alexei Rykov, Alexei Ivanovich Rykov, Rykov
Born 25 February 1881 · Died 15 March 1938 · Q294339
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And posthumously rehabilitated him during the perestroika
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Was sentenced to five years exile in East Kazakhstan, but before that had expired, she was arrested again and exiled to the Yenisey region of Krasnoyarsk
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Died 1938-03-15.
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After being found guilty of treason and other charges
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Recorded being approached inside Butyrka prison by "a woman of about 55, with an expression of acute suffering on her face" who demanded: "Have they tried them yet
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Career landmark: People's Commissar for Communications of the USSR (1932–1936).
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Career landmark: People's Commissar for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR (1931–1932).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1928).
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Career landmark: president of the Council of Labour and Defence of the USSR (1926–1930).
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Rykov, Bukharin and Tomsky supported Stalin against the United Opposition of Trotsky, Zinoviev and Kamenev in 1926–27
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1924–1930).
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Career landmark: Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1923–1924).
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Career landmark: Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1922–1930).
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Expressed reproach towards Lenin's proposal that the Bolsheviks become an independent party
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And its 4th Congress in Stockholm in 1906
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Joined the Bolshevik faction led by Vladimir Lenin
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And enrolled at the University of Kazan to study law, which he did not complete
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And supported its Bolshevik faction when the party split into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks at its Second Congress in 1903
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Began his first year of middle school in Saratov
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Born 1881-02-25.
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