Andrei Kolegayev
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Andrei Lukic Kolegayev (22 March 1887 - 22 March 1937) was a Left Socialist-Revolutionary
who advocated an alliance with the Bolsheviks.
He was born in Surgut
, Tyumen Oblast
He joined the Socialist-Revolutionaries in 1906 and the following year he was expelled from Kharkov University. He was arrested four times and spent seven years in exile. He participated in the October Revolution
and was a delegate to the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets.
He was People's Commissar for Agriculture
from 23 December 1917 - 1 March 1918. The officials of the former Ministry of the Interim Government sabotaged the decisions the new government and declared a strike. He was given the post of Commissar of Agriculture, as he was a Left SR.
In November 1918 he broke with the Left SRs and joined the Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks). During 1918-20 he was chairman of the Special prodkomissii and member of FAR Southern Front and in 1920-21 a member of the panel Narkomata communication.
He was arrested on March 23, 1936 and shot in 1937. He was subsequently rehabilitated.
Left Socialist-Revolutionaries
In 1917, Russia the Socialist-Revolutionary Party split between those who supported the Provisional Government, established after the February Revolution, and those who supported the Bolsheviks who favoured a communist insurrection....
who advocated an alliance with the Bolsheviks.
He was born in Surgut
Surgut
Surgut is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Ob River near its junction with the Irtysh River, the largest in the autonomous okrug and the second largest in Tyumen Oblast. Population:...
, Tyumen Oblast
Tyumen Oblast
Tyumen Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tyumen. The oblast has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs—Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Tyumen is the largest city, with over half a million inhabitants...
He joined the Socialist-Revolutionaries in 1906 and the following year he was expelled from Kharkov University. He was arrested four times and spent seven years in exile. He participated in the October Revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
and was a delegate to the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets.
He was People's Commissar for Agriculture
People's Commissariat for Agriculture
The Soviet Ministry of Agriculture and Food was established in 1923 and known prior to 1946 as the People's Commissariat for Agriculture - Narkomzem). It took over the Narkomzem offices located at Orlikov Pereulok, 1, Moscow, designed by Aleksey Shchusev. This building is currently occupied by the...
from 23 December 1917 - 1 March 1918. The officials of the former Ministry of the Interim Government sabotaged the decisions the new government and declared a strike. He was given the post of Commissar of Agriculture, as he was a Left SR.
In November 1918 he broke with the Left SRs and joined the Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks). During 1918-20 he was chairman of the Special prodkomissii and member of FAR Southern Front and in 1920-21 a member of the panel Narkomata communication.
He was arrested on March 23, 1936 and shot in 1937. He was subsequently rehabilitated.