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{{Infobox politician|name=Lazar Kaganovich|native_name=Ла́зарь Кагано́вич|image_size=200|birth_date=22 November 1893|birth_place=Kabany, [[Russian Empire]]|death_date=25 July 1991 (aged 98)|death_place=[[Moscow]], [[RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|political_party=[[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]|image=Kaganovich.png}}
{{Infobox politician|name=Lazar Kaganovich|native_name=Ла́зарь Кагано́вич|image_size=200|birth_date=22 November 1893|birth_place=Kabany, [[Russian Empire]]|death_date=25 July 1991 (aged 98)|death_place=[[Moscow]], [[RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|political_party=[[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]|image=Kaganovich.png}}


'''Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich''' was a [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet]] politician and the last-living Old Bolshevik, who died a mere five months before the [[overthrow of the Soviet Union]] in July 1991.
'''Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich''' (22 November 1893 - 25 July 1991) was a [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|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 ==
== Political career ==

Latest revision as of 16:49, 25 April 2023

Lazar Kaganovich

Ла́зарь Кагано́вич
Born22 November 1893
Kabany, Russian Empire
Died25 July 1991 (aged 98)
Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCommunist 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

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

  1. 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]
  2. 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]