Vyacheslav Menzhinsky
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Rudolfovich and the family name is Menzhinsky.
Vyacheslav Rudolfovich Menzhinsky (Russian: Вячесла́в Рудо́льфович Менжи́нский, Polish: Wiesław Mężyński; 19 August 1874 – 10 May 1934) was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet statesman and Communist Party official who served as chairman of the OGPU from 1926 to 1934. He was master of more than 10 languages[1] (including Korean, Chinese, Turkish, and Persian, the last one learned especially in order to read works by Omar Khayyám).
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Vyacheslav Menzhinsky | |
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Вячеслав Менжинский | |
Chairman of the OGPU | |
In office 30 July 1926 – 10 May 1934 | |
Premier | Alexei Rykov Vyacheslav Molotov |
Preceded by | Felix Dzerzhinsky |
Succeeded by | Genrikh Yagoda |
People's Commissar for Finance of the RSFSR | |
In office 30 October 1917 – 21 March 1918 | |
Premier | Vladimir Lenin |
Preceded by | Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov |
Succeeded by | Isidore Gukovsky |
Personal details | |
Born | Wiesław Mężyński (1874-08-19)19 August 1874 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Died | 10 May 1934(1934-05-10) (aged 59) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow |
Political party | RSDLP (1902–1903) RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1934) |
Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
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