Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sergo Ordzhonikidze

Soviet politician

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1886

Place of Birth: Ghoresha, Imereti, Georgia

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1937

Profession: politician, revolutionary, metallurgist

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Sergo Ordzhonikidze

  • Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze, born Grigol, (24 October [O.S.
  • 12 October] 1886 – 18 February 1937), was a Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician. Born and raised in Georgia, Ordzhonikidze joined the Bolsheviks at a young age, and quickly rose within the ranks to become an important figure.
  • Arrested and imprisoned multiple times by the Russian police, he was in Siberian exile when the February Revolution began in 1917.
  • Returning from exile Ordzhonikidze helped with the October Revolution that brought the Bolsheviks to power.
  • During the subsequent Civil War he took an active role, and was the leading Bolshevik in the Caucasus, leading the invasions of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia.
  • Ordzhonikidze oversaw their union into the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, which helped form the Soviet Union in 1922, and served as the First Secretary until 1926. Promoted to lead the Workers' and Peasants' Inspectorate (Rabkrin), Ordzhonikidze moved to Moscow and joined the inner circle of top Bolsheviks.
  • Tasked with overseeing Soviet economic production, Ordzhonikidze led a massive overhaul of Rabkrin and its associated bodies, noting inefficiencies of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy (Vesenkha).
  • In 1930 Ordzhonikidze was transferred to lead Vesenkha, which was re-formed as the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry (NKTP) in 1932.
  • While there Ordzhonikidze oversaw the implementation of the five-year plans for economic development, and helped create the Stakhanovite movement of model Soviet workers.
  • At the same time he was named to the Politburo, the leading political body in the Soviet Union. Ordzhonikidze was reluctant to take part in the campaigns against so-called wreckers and saboteurs that began in the early 1930s, which caused friction between him and Joseph Stalin.
  • Realizing the need to have experienced people in their fields, Ordzhonikidze refused to purge older workers or disassociate himself from individuals deemed anti-Bolshevik.
  • This further ruined his relationship with Stalin, and on the eve of a 1937 meeting where he was expected to denounce workers, Ordzhonikidze shot himself at his home.
  • He was subsequently honoured as a leading Bolshevik, and several towns and cities were named after him.

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