Milan Gorkić
Yugoslav communist politician and activist (1904–1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Milan Gorkić (Cyrillic: Милан Горкић), born as Josef Čižinský[2] (Serbian Cyrillic: Јосип Чижински, romanized: Josip Čižinski; 19 February 1904 – 1 November 1937), was a high-ranking and prominent Yugoslav communist politician and activist. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) in exile from 1932 until 1937 and also a prominent member of the Comintern.
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Milan Gorkić | |
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General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia | |
In office 1932 – 23 October 1937 | |
Deputy | Josip Broz Tito |
Preceded by | Đuro Đaković1 |
Succeeded by | Josip Broz Tito2 |
Member of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International | |
In office 1927 – 23 October 1937 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Jozef Čižinsky (1904-02-19)19 February 1904 Bosanski Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 1 November 1937(1937-11-01) (aged 33) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Resting place | Donskoy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
Citizenship | Austria-Hungary (until 1918)Yugoslavia (1918–1937) |
Political party | Communist Party of Yugoslavia |
Other political affiliations | Comintern |
Spouse | Berta Glen |
Children | 1 |
Occupation | Politician, revolutionary |
^1 Đuro Đaković was leader of the CPY until his death in 1929, when all connections within CPY had been disestablished until 1932 when Gorkić took over the leadership.^2 According to Pero Simić, after Gorkić had been arrested, CPY lost its Central Committee and was expelled from Comintern, which means that nobody succeeded Gorkić as leader of the CPY.[1] | |
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Gorkić was executed by the NKVD in the Soviet Union during the Great Purge.