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
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
- ↑ 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]