Birthdate: February 25, 1881
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saratov, Russia
Died: March 15, 1938
Alexei Ivanovich Rykov was a significant figure in the Russian Bolshevik movement and Soviet politics. He played a crucial role within the Bolshevik Party, actively involved in the 1905 Russian Revolution and eventually becoming a member of the Bolshevik Party Central Committee in 1917. Rykov held various governmental positions following the October Revolution, notably serving as People’s Commissar for Internal Affairs. He was instrumental in implementing “War Communism” during the Russian Civil War and later assumed the role of premier for both the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union. Despite his prominent positions, Rykov was eventually removed from the Politburo, arrested, convicted of treason, and subsequently executed.
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