Yuriy Kotsiubynsky | |
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| Юрій Коцюбинський | |
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| People's Secretary of Military Affairs (acting) | |
| In office December 1917 – March 7, 1918 | |
| Prime Minister | Yevgenia Bosch Mykola Skrypnyk |
| Preceded by | Vasyl Shakhrai |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Ovsiyenko |
| People's Secretary of Internal Affairs | |
| In office March 7, 1918 – April 18, 1918 | |
| Prime Minister | Mykola Skrypnyk |
| Preceded by | Yevgenia Bosch |
| Succeeded by | position disbanded |
| Head ofDerzhplan | |
| In office February 1934 – November 1934 | |
| Prime Minister | Panas Lyubchenko |
| Preceded by | Mykola Skrypnyk |
| Succeeded by | Kyrylo Sukhomlyn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1896-12-07)December 7, 1896 Vinnytsia,Podolia Governorate |
| Died | March 8, 1937(1937-03-08) (aged 40) Kiev,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Russia,Soviet |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1913–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1935) |
| Spouse(s) | Olha Petrovna Kotsybynska daughter ofPetrovsky |
| Children | Oleh |
Yuriy Mykhailovych Kotsiubynsky (Ukrainian:Юрій Михайлович Коцюбинський; December 7, 1896 – March 8, 1937) was aBolshevikpolitician, activist, member of theSoviet government in Ukraine, and one of the co-founders of theRed Cossacks Army of theUkrainian Soviet Republic.
Yuriy, like his fatherMykhailo Kotsiubynsky, was born inVinnytsia,Podolia Governorate. He studied in theChernihiv Gymnasium. In 1913, Yuriy joined theBolsheviks and in 1916 was mobilized into theRussian Imperial Army. Later he studied in a military school forpraporshchiks inOdessa and serving inPetrograd. In the capital ofKotsiubynske he led a series of anti-war agitations among soldiers, for which he was arrested on several occasions by theProvisional Government. There he also became a member of a military organization at the Petrograd Committee ofRussian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolshevik), a commissar of Semenovsky Guard Reserve Regiment, the Chief of Red Guard and commandant of the Moscow-Narva region (Petrograd).
With his future brother-in-lawVitaly Primakov Kotsiubynsky actively participated in the storming of theWinter Palace during theOctober Revolution. Later, he headed the Red Guard detachment of Moscow-Narva Distinct (Saint-Petersburg) against the forces ofKerensky –Krasnov, being also the commandant of the district. In December 1917 he became a deputy of People's Secretary of Military Affairs and later was acting as the Secretary. In January 1918 he became theChief of Staff of the Soviet Ukrainian People's Republic and chairman of the military collegiate, nominally heading the army of the Petrograd Red Guards and Baltic Sailors in the fight against the national forces of theUkrainian People's Republic which controlledKyiv in February 1918. In reality the army was led byMuraviov who was subordinated toVladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko.
In March 1918 Kotsiubynsky was elected to theCentral Executive Committee (a.k.a. Tsikuka) and also was appointed as the People's Secretary of Internal Affairs. In July 1918 Kotsyubysnky joined the All Ukrainian Central Militaryrevkom. Beginning in November 1918, he became a member of the reinstated UkrainianBolshevik government, theProvisional Workers–Peasants Government of Ukraine. During 1919–1920 Kotsiubynsky headed several regional party offices inChernihiv andPoltava. From April to November 1919 he was a chairman of theChernigov Governorate executive committee (governor). Starting in 1920 he held diplomatic missions toAustria andPoland until 1930. In 1922–23 he was a lecturer of Marxist courses at the Socialist Academy. In 1930 Kotsiubynsky became the deputy of head ofDerzhplan; however in September 1933 he occupied the chair of Derzhplan and became the deputy chairman of the Ukrainiansovnarkom (Vice Prime Minister). During these last several years he was a member of the Central Committee of theCommunist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine and the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee.
In November 1934 Kotsiubynsky was removed from his position, losing his membership in the Central Committee. In February 1935, he was arrested while being charged with anti-Soviet activities and convicted by the decision of the Special Board ofNKVD to six years of exile inAlmaty. In March 1935 he was expelled from the Party. In October 1936 Kotsiubynsky was arrested again while in exile and transferred toKyiv. There, together withVasyl Poraiko, Holubenko, Tytar, Tyrchuk,Volodymyr Lohinov and Pleskachevsky, he was charged with directing activities of a secretTrotskist center in Ukraine (Ukrainian Trotskyite Opposition) at the behest ofGeorgy Pyatakov.[1]
On March 8, 1937, he was convicted by the Collegiate of the Soviet Supreme Court and executed by firing squad later the same day. In December 1955, he wasrehabilitated.
There exists theLetter without envelope to Kotsiubynsky fromSerhiy Okhrymenko in which the Ukrainian scientist blames him for bloody crimes against his own people.
...virtually he waged a war against theCentral Rada, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Soviet Army Muraviov, who was really in charge and led the army, while Yu. Kotsyubynsky (secretary of military affairs) did not control any army having no influences on military actions and was only a Ukrainian label on Muraviov's bayonet....
| Preceded by office installed | Deputy of People's Secretary of Military Affairs December 1917–December 1917 | Succeeded by office liquidated |
| Preceded by | Head of Derzhplan February 1934–November 1934 | Succeeded by |
People's commissars and ministers of interior of theUkrSSR | |
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| Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets People's Secretaries | |
| Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic People's Commissars | |
| Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ministers | |
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