Mykola Skrypnyk
Russian politician
Died when: 61 years 163 days (737 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Mykola Oleksiiovych Skrypnyk (Ukrainian: ?????? ??????????? ????????; 25 January [O.S. 13 January] 1872 – 7 July 1933), also known as Nikolai Alekseyevich Skripnik (Russian: ??????´? ??????´???? ????´????), was a Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and Communist leader who was a proponent of the Ukrainian Republic's independence, and led the cultural Ukrainization effort in Soviet Ukraine.
When the policy was reversed and he was removed from his position, he committed suicide rather than be forced to recant his policies in a show trial.
He also was the Head of the Ukrainian People's Commissariat, equivalent to the modern-day position of Prime Minister of Ukraine.
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