| Dmitry Kursky Дми́трий Ку́рский |
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|---|---|
| People's Commissar for Justice of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 14 September 1918 – 6 July 1923 |
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| Premier | Vladimir Lenin |
| Preceded by | Pēteris Stučka |
| Succeeded by | None—position dissolved |
| Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 26 May 1922 – 16 January 1928 |
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| Premier | Vladimir Lenin Alexey Rykov |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Janson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1874 Kiev, Russian Empire |
| Died | 20 December 1932 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Political party | All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Dmitry Ivanovich Kursky (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Ку́рский) — (10 October 1874 — 20 December 1932), a.k.a. Urban, was a Russian communist politician. Kursky joined the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1904. He served as the chairman of the Drissa town soviet. He was the People's Commissar for Justice of the RSFSR and the USSR from 1918–1928.[1] He committed suicide in 1932.[2]