Ivan Smirnov (politician)
Ivan Smirnov | |
|---|---|
| 1st People's Commissar for Posts and Telegraphs | |
| In office 6 July 1923 – 12 November 1927 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Artemy Lyubovich |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1881 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | 25 August 1936 (aged 55) Moscow |
| Resting place | Donskoye Cemetery |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Political party | CPSU |
| Spouse(s) | A. N. Safonova Varvara Yakovleva |
Ivan Nikitich Smirnov (Russian: Ива́н Ники́тич Смирно́в; January 1881 – 25 August 1936) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician and Communist Party functionary. A prominent member of the Left Opposition, he led a secret Trotskyist opposition group in the Soviet Union during the Stalin period. He was arrested in 1933 and shot during the Great Purge.