Sergo Orjonikidze

Sergo Orjonikidze სერგო კონსტანტინეს ძე ორჯონიკიძე
Born	Grigol Konstantines dze Ordzhonikidze 24 October 1886 Ghoresha, Russian Empire
Died	18 February 1937 Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of death	Suicide
Nationality	Georgian
Political orientation	Marxism–Leninism
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Sergo Konstantinovich Orjonikidze, born Grigol Konstantines dze Orjonikidze (24 October 1886 – 18 February 1937) was a Georgian Bolshevik and close ally of Stalin. He served as People's Commissar of Heavy Industry from 1932 to 1937 and followed a policy of re-educating bourgeois technical specialists. He committed suicide in 1937 after his assistant Pyatakov was found guilty of widespread sabotage and wrecking.