Vladimir Polonsky

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Vladimir Polonsky
Владимир Полонский
Azerbaijan Communist Party
In office
5 August 1930 – January 1933
Head of the Organizational-Instruction Department of the Central Committee
In office
January – August 1933
Preceded byPavel Postyshev
Succeeded byPost abolished
Personal details
Born
Ruven Gershevich Polonsky

(1893-06-17)17 June 1893
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyRSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1907–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1937)
SpouseEsfir Iosifovna Mogilevskaya
ChildrenLiya, Vladimir

Vladimir Ivanovich Polonsky (

First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party
.

Early life

Polonsky was born to a Jewish family in Tobolsk, Russia. Since 1907, he was a member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). Starting from 1908, Polonsky has been a sailor and worked blue collar jobs in Saint Petersburg.

Political career

In 1913, he became a member of union administration. He was jailed for his political activities in 1914. In 1918–1920, he was a division

Transcaucasian Committee of CP of Soviet Union
.

Portrait of Polonsky after his arrest by the NKVD

He was arrested on 22 June 1937. Claims that he was tortured are not accompanied by evidence. He was sentenced to death by the Military Tribunal of USSR and executed by firing squad on 30 October 1937 in Lubyanka prison.[1]

Awards

Polonsky was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

References

  1. ^ "Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Полонский Владимир Иванович" [Directory of history of Communist party and Soviet Union in 1898-1991]. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Nikolay Gikalo
First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party
1930–1933
Succeeded by