| Aleksandr Myasnikyan | |
|---|---|
| Myasnikyan's statue in Yerevan | |
| Communist Party of Belarus | |
| In office 1921–1925 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | February 9, 1886 Nor Nakhichevan, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 22, 1925 (aged 39) Tbilisi, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Commissar, statesman |
| Religion | Atheism |
Aleksandr Teodorosi Myasnikyan a.k.a. Aleksandr Fyodorovich Myasnikov (28 January (9 February) 1886, Nakhichevan-on-Don, Russia, - 22 March 1925) was a prominent Bolshevik of Armenian descent.
When Nikolai Krylenko was appointed Supreme Commander in Chief of the Red Army, he in turn appointed Myasnikyan as his deputy.[1]
He was also leader of Communist Party of Belarus (1918) and head of the government of Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia (1919).
In 1921 he was appointed Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Armenia, the newly installed government of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. After being appointed as a head of government during the early years of the Armenian Soviet Republic, Myasnikyan was instrumental in the formation of state instititutions and economy of the republic. He is one of the few communist leaders still celebrated in Armenia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. A monument is situated in the center of Yerevan commemorating him. Myasnikyan was killed in a plane crash in 1925.