A collection of 836 letters and telegrams that Stalin and Kaganovich exchanged in 1931–36 were published in Russia
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Lazar Kaganovich
Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich was a Soviet politician and one of Joseph Stalin's closest associates.
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politics · Soviet politician (1893–1991) · statesperson · revolutionary · politician · cobbler · also Lazar Kaganovich, L.M. Kaganovich, Lazaŕ Moiseevich Kaganovich, Kaganovich
Born 10 November 1893 · Died 25 July 1991 · Q215705
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Every time they say that what's happening in the country is... Stalin's fault. It's the moral of every speech: Stalin's guilty, it was Stalin, Stalin, Stalin, everyone against him. But Stalin died 35 years ago! 35 years! What does that have to do with today's troubles?
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2001· 1 entry
1991· 9 entries
Died 1991-07-25.
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At the age of 97, just before the events that resulted in the end of the USSR, a state he had played an active role in creating
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It became possible for historians to search for evidence in the archives
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“Iosif Vissarionovich was a really cautious man. Really cautious. A man who could see far.”
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“First, Stalin is disowned, now, little by little, it gets to prosecute socialism, the October Revolution, and in no time they will also want to prosecute Lenin and Marx.”
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Kaganovich was interviewed about the alleged murder of Lenin's widow, in which he suggested Lavrentiy Beria may have been involved with Krupskaya's poisoning and was quoted in 1991 saying "I can't dismiss that possibilit
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“Without Stalin's politics, we would never have achieved anything, we would all have died.”
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“Every time they say that what's happening in the country is... Stalin's fault. It's the moral of every speech: Stalin's guilty, it was Stalin, Stalin, Stalin, everyone against him. But Stalin died 35 years ago! 35 years! What does that have to do with today's troubles?”
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Remaining members of Kaganovich's family composed the Statement of the Kaganovich Family in response
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1987· 1 entry
American journalist Stuart Kahan published a book entitled The Wolf of the Kremlin: The First Biography of L
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1984· 1 entry
His re-admission to the Party was considered by the Politburo, alongside that of Molotov
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1961· 2 entries
And lived out his life as a pensioner in Moscow
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Kaganovich was expelled from the Party and became a pensioner living in Moscow
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1957· 1 entry
Kaganovich was dismissed from the Presidium and demoted to the director of a potash works in Perm and later in a cement works in Sverdlovsk in the Urals
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1955· 1 entry
After the death of Stalin, the Moscow Metro was renamed to no longer include Kaganovich's name
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1953· 2 entries
And the rise of Nikita Khrushchev, Kaganovich quickly lost his influence
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Career landmark: First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1953–1957).
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1950· 1 entry
And published a memoir, Face of a Victim reported hearing the story while she was a prisoner in the gulag
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1947· 2 entries
After Ukraine had failed to deliver its grain quota in the wake of a drought, Kaganovich was sent to replace Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Ukrainian CP, while Khrushchev was downgraded to the post of head of gover
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Career landmark: First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1947–1947).
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1946· 1 entry
Was officially ranked ninth in seniority in the Kremlin pecking order
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1943· 4 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1943).
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Won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1943).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1943).
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Was presented with the title of Hero of Socialist Labour
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1941· 1 entry
His brother, Mikhail, committed suicide when facing arrest, just after the German invasion
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1939· 1 entry
Was appointed People's Commissar for the Oil Industry
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1937· 1 entry
Career landmark: People's Commissar for Defense Industry (1937–1939).
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1936· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1936).
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1935· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1935).
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Played a significant role in preparations for the Great Purge
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1934· 1 entry
At the XVII Congress of the Communist Party, Kaganovich chaired the Counting Committee
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1933· 2 entries
And 1934, he served as the Chairman of the Commission for Vetting of the Party Membership (Tsentralnaya komissiya po proverke partiynykh ryadov) and ensured personally that nobody associated with anti-Stalin opposition w
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To be deputy head of the purge commission, significantly boosting his career
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1932· 1 entry
Led the suppression of the workers' strike in Ivanovo-Voznesensk
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1931· 2 entries
After a report by Kaganovich
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Career landmark: First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party (1931–1934).
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1930· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1930–1957).
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1926· 1 entry
To insist that Kaganovich be recalled, but Kaganovich succeeded in getting Shumsky dismissed the following year, over his support for Khvylovy
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1925· 2 entries
And a full member of the Politburo and Stalin's deputy party secretary in 1930
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Career landmark: First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1925–1928).
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1922· 1 entry
Stalin placed Kaganovich in charge of an organizational department of the Communist Party, assisting the former in consolidating his grip on the party
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1918· 1 entry
Kaganovich acted as Commissar of the propaganda department of the Red Army
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1915· 1 entry
Kaganovich became a Communist organizer at a shoe factory where he worked
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1893· 2 entries
Born 1893-11-10.
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To Jewish parents in the village of Kabany, Radomyshl uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (today Dibrova, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine)
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