Pyotr Krasikov

Pyotr Krasikov
Пётр Красиков
Procurator General of the Soviet Union
In office
15 March 1924  20 June 1933
PremierAlexey Rykov
Vyacheslav Molotov
Preceded byNone—post established
Succeeded byIvan Akulov
Personal details
Born(1870-10-17)17 October 1870
Krasnoyarsk, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died20 August 1939(1939-08-20) (aged 68)
Zheleznovodsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet
Political partyRSDLP (1902–1903)
RSDLP (Bolsheviks)
(1903–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1939)
ProfessionJurist, civil servant

Pyotr Ananyevich Krasikov (Russian: Петр Ананьевич Красиков; 17 October [O.S. 5 October] 1870 20 August 1939) was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet statesman, as well as a jurist and writer on political and religious affairs. He was the first Procurator General of the Soviet Union, serving from 1924 to 1933.