Nikolay Gikalo

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Nikolay Fedorovich Gikalo (March 8, 1897, Odessa – April 25, 1938), was a Soviet revolutionary and statesman. From 1915 he served in the Russian Imperial Army, in 1917 he joined the RSDLP(b). He commanded the Red Army in the fight against the White Army in the Northern Caucasus. He was first secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party from 1929 to August 1930, first secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR from April 1929 to June 11, 1929 and first secretary of the Communist Party of the Belorussian SSR from January 18, 1932, to March 18, 1937. During the Great Purge, Gikalo was arrested, accused of plotting against the Soviet state, sentenced to death and executed on April 25, 1938. He was exonerated posthumously.

A city in Chechnya is named after him.

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• Azerbaijan Communist Party

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Leaders of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918—1920): Mammed Amin Rasulzade • Alimardan Topchubashev Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1920—1991), First Secretaries: Mirza Davud Huseynov • Grigory Kaminsky • Sergey Kirov • Levon Mirzoyan • Nikolay Gikalo • Vladimir Polonsky • Mir-Jafar Bagirov • Mir-Teymur Yagubov • Imam Mustafayev • Vali Akhundov • Heydar Aliyev • Kamran Bagirov • Abdulrahman Vazirov • Ayaz Mutallibov Republic of Azerbaijan (1991—): Ayaz Mutallibov • Yagub Mammadov* • Ayaz Mutallibov • Isa Gambar* • Abülfaz Elçibay • Heydar Aliyev • Ilham Aliyev * denotes acting

Leaders of Uzbekistan This box: view • talk • edit
Uzbek SSR, First Secretaries: Vladimir Ivanov • Kuprian Kirkizh • Nikolay Gikalo • Isaak Zelensky • Akmal Ikramov • Pyotr Yakovlev • Usman Yusupov* • Sirodzh Nurutdinov • Amin Niyazov • Niritdin Mukhitdinov • Sabyr Kamalov • Sharof Rashidov • Inamdzhan Usmankhodzhayev • Rafik Nishanov • Islom Karimov Uzbekistan, President: Islom Karimov * denotes acting