Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko | |
|---|---|
| Владимир Антонов-Овсеенко | |
Antonov-Ovseenko in 1919 | |
| People's Secretary of Military Affairs | |
| In office 7 March 1918 – 18 April 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Yuriy Kotsiubynsky |
| Succeeded by | Post dissolved Fyodor Sergeyev (All-Ukrainian Central MilRevKom) |
| Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 25 May 1934 – 25 September 1936 | |
| Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Preceded by | Andrey Vyshinsky |
| Succeeded by | Nikolay Rychkov |
| People's Commissar for Justice of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 16 September 1937 – 17 October 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Bulat |
| Succeeded by | Yakov Dmitriev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vladimir Alexandrovich Ovseenko 9 March 1883 Chernigov, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 10 February 1938 (aged 54) Butyrka Prison, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | RSDLP (1902–1903) RSDLP (Mensheviks) (1903–1917) Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1917–1927), (1928–1938) |
| Alma mater | Vladimir Military Institute, Nikolaevsk Combat Engineer Institute |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets (1917–1918) Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic (1918–1919) Russian Soviet Republic (1919–1921) |
| Branch/service | Red Guards (1917–1918) Red Army (1918–1922) |
| Years of service | 1917–1922 |
| Rank | Commander-in-chief |
| Commands | Ukrainian Soviet Army (1917–1918) Ukrainian Front (1918–1919) |
| Battles/wars | |
Vladimir Alexandrovich Antonov-Ovseenko (Russian: Владимир Александрович Антонов-Овсеенко; Ukrainian: Володимир Олександрович Антонов-Овсієнко; 9 March 1883 – 10 February 1938), real surname Ovseenko, party aliases 'Bayonet' (Штык) and 'Nikita' (Никита), literary pseudonym A. Galsky (А. Гальский), was a prominent Bolshevik leader, Soviet statesman, military commander, and diplomat. He was executed during the Great Purge.