Nikolay Antonovich Paskutsky (Russian: Николай Антонович Паскуцкий; 9 November 1894 – 28 July 1938) was a Soviet politician who served briefly as the third first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR, serving from 1927 until August 1928. He was shot on 28 July 1938 during the Great Purge and posthumously rehabilitated in 1956.

Nikolay Paskutsky
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan
In office
1927 – August 1928
General SecretaryJoseph Stalin
Preceded byShaymardan Ibragimov
Succeeded byGrigory Aronshtam
Personal details
Born(1894-11-09)9 November 1894
Florești, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire
Died28 July 1938(1938-07-28) (aged 43)
Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Resting placeKommunarka shooting ground
CitizenshipSoviet
Political partyCommunist Party of Turkmenistan
EducationRailway school in Ashgabat

References edit

World Statesmen

Party political offices
Preceded by First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR
1927 – 1928
Succeeded by