Avel Yenukidze
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Avel Safronovich Yenukidze (Georgian: აბელ ენუქიძე, Abel Enukidze, Georgian pronunciation: [abel enukʰidze]; Russian: А́вель Сафро́нович Енуки́дзе; 19 May [O.S. 7 May] 1877 – 30 October 1937) was a prominent Georgian "Old Bolshevik" and, at one point, a member of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (b) in Moscow. In 1932, along with Mikhail Kalinin and Vyacheslav Molotov, Yenukidze co-signed the infamous "Law of Spikelets". In 1918 to 1935 Yenukidze served as the Secretary of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.
Avel Yenukidze | |
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აბელ ენუქიძე | |
Secretary of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee | |
In office 1918–1935 | |
General Secretary | Joseph Stalin |
Preceded by | Varlam Avanesov |
Succeeded by | Leonid Serebryakov |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 May [O.S. 7 May] 1877 |
Died | 30 October 1937(1937-10-30) (aged 60) |
Citizenship | Soviet Union |
Nationality | Soviet |
Political party | CPSU |
He was the godfather of Joseph Stalin's wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva. He was shot during the Great Purge in 1937 and was rehabilitated posthumously.