Levon Mirzoyan
Soviet politician (1897-1939)
Levon Isayevich Mirzoyan (Armenian: Լևոն Եսայիի Միրզոյան; Russian: Левон Исаевич Мирзоян; 14 November 1897[1][2] – 26 February 1939) was a Soviet politician who served as the First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party from 1926 to 1929 and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR from 1936 to 1938. He succeeded Filipp Goloshschyokin during the Kazakh Famine of 1930–1933, also known as the Goloshchyokin Genocide, in which at least 1.3 million Kazakhs peoples died.[3]
Levon Mirzoyan | |
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| First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR | |
| In office 5 December 1936 – 3 May 1938 | |
| Succeeded by | Nikolay Skvortsov |
| Secretary of the Kazakh Regional Committee All-Union Communist Party | |
| In office February 1933 – 5 December 1936 | |
| Preceded by | Filipp Goloshchyokin |
| First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR | |
| In office 21 January 1926 – 11 July 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Ruhulla Akhundov |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Gikalo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 November 1897 Ashan Village, Shushi District, Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 26 February 1939 (aged 41) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Resting place | Donskoye Cemetery |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1917-1938) |
| Spouse(s) | Yulia Tevossian |
References change
- ↑ "Биография - Мирзоян Левон Исаевич". levonmirzoyan.com. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ↑ "First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR Levon Isayevich Mirzoyan". geni.com. 14 November 1897. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ↑ Getty, J. Arch; Manning, Roberta Thompson, eds. (1993). Stalinist Terror: New Perspectives. Cambridge University Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-5214-4670-9.
| New office | First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR 1936 – 1938 |
Succeeded by Nikolay Skvortsov |
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