Alexander Tsiuryupa

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Alexander Dmitrievich Tsiuryupa (Russian: Александр Дмитриевич Цюрупа, September 19 (O.S. October 1) 1870, Oleshki (currently Tsiurupynsk) — May 8, 1928, Muhalatka village of Oliva urban-type settlement, Crimea) was a Soviet state and Party figure.

1917—1921 — Vice-chief and, later, Chief of food of RSFSR

1922—1923 — Vice-chief of Sovnarkom of RSFSR, USSR

1923—1925 — Chief of Gosplan of USSR

1925—1928 — Narkom of external and internal trade of USSR

On his official duties he faced a tough problem of food supplies of the starving newly created republic. In October 1917 he successfully organized the trainloads of bread to Petrograd.

On May 8, 1918 on the Sovnarkom meeting he suggested to introduce in the country a food ration dictatorship. That was done by a Decree of VTsIK on May 13, 1918. He was also one of the organizators of the so-called foodgroups (prodotryad, Russian: продотряд)