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Lazar Kaganovich Ла́зарь Кагано́вич | |
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| Born | 22 November 1893 Kabany, Russian Empire |
| Died | 25 July 1991 (aged 98) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich (22 November 1893 - 25 July 1991) was a Soviet politician and the last-living Old Bolshevik, who died a mere five months before the overthrow of the Soviet Union in July 1991.
Political career[edit | edit source]
During the October Revolution, the Central Committee assigned Kaganovich along with many other Bolsheviks to direct the revolution in the countryside.[1]
During the Russian Civil War, Kaganovich led the struggle against anti-communist forces in Central Asia.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Joseph Stalin (1939). History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): 'The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Preparation and Realization of the October Socialist Revolution'. [MIA]
- ↑ Joseph Stalin (1939). History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): 'The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Transition to the Peaceful Work of Economic Restoration'. [MIA]