Grigory Sokolnikov
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yakovlevich and the family name is Sokolnikov.
Grigori Yakovlevich Sokolnikov[lower-alpha 1] (born Hirsch Brilliant or Girsh Yankelevich Brilliant;[lower-alpha 2] 15 August 1888 – 21 May 1939) was a Russian Old Bolshevik revolutionary, economist, and Soviet politician.
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Grigori Sokolnikov | |
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Григорий Сокольников | |
People's Commissar for Finance of the USSR | |
In office 6 July 1923 – 16 January 1926 | |
Premier | Vladimir Lenin (until 1924) Alexei Rykov |
Preceded by | None—post created |
Succeeded by | Nikolai Bryukhanov |
People's Commissar for Finance of the RSFSR | |
In office 22 November 1922 – 6 July 1923 | |
Premier | Vladimir Lenin |
Preceded by | Nikolay Krestinsky |
Succeeded by | Myron K. Vladimirov |
Full member of the 6th, 7th Bureau | |
In office 11 March – 25 March 1919 | |
In office 10 October 1917 – 29 July 1918 | |
Candidate member of the 13th Politburo | |
In office 2 June 1924 – 1 January 1926 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Girsh Yankelevich Brilliant (1888-08-15)15 August 1888 Romny, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 21 May 1939(1939-05-21) (aged 50) Verkhneuralsk, Tyumen Oblast, Soviet Union |
Political party | RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1905–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1936) |
Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
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