Mykola Skrypnyk
1872
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1933
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Russian Empire, Soviet Union
educated at: Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology
occupation: diplomat, statesperson
award received: Order of the Red Banner
position held: Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mykola Oleksiiovych Skrypnyk (Ukrainian: Микола Олексійович Скрипник; 25 January [O.S. 13 January] 1872 – 7 July 1933), was a Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and Communist leader who was a proponent of the Ukrainian Republic's independence, and later led the cultural Ukrainization effort in Soviet Ukraine. When the policy was reversed and he was removed from his position, he committed suicide rather than be forced to recant his policies in a show trial. He also was the Head of the Ukrainian People's Commissariat, equivalent to the modern-day position of Prime Minister of Ukraine. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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