Jump to content

Nikolai Kishkin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nikolai Kishkin
Николай Кишкин
Kishkin in 1914
Minister of State Charities
In office
8 October – 8 November 1917
Prime MinisterAlexander Kerensky
Preceded byIvan Yefremov
Succeeded byAlexandra Kollontai
(as people's commissar)
Personal details
Born11 December [O.S. 29 November] 1864
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died16 March 1930(1930-03-16) (aged 65)
Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyConstitutional Democrat
Alma materImperial Moscow University

Nikolai Mikhaylovich Kishkin (Russian: Николай Михайлович Кишкин; 11 December 1864 – 16 March 1930) was a physician and a Russian politician on the Central Committee of the Constitutional Democrat Party (Kadets).[1] During World War I, he was Deputy Chief Representative of the All Russia Union of Cities.[1] Following the February Revolution of 1917 he became a commissar of the Provisional Government in Moscow, being appointed Minister of Public Charities in the Kerensky government on 25 September (N.S.: 8 October) that year.[1]

On 25 October, whilst the Bolshevik seizure of power was in progress he was appointed dictator by the cabinet meeting of the Provisional Government. Assuming this role at 4:00 pm, he immediately set about appointing assistants and replacing General Polkovnikov as commander of the Petrograd Military District, with General Jaques Bagratuni. The principal consequence of this was that a number of Polkovnikov colleagues immediately resigned or quietly watched events unfold from their windows.[2]: 288 

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Nikolai Kishkin". TheFreeDictionary.com. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. ^ Rabinowitch, Alexander (1976). The Bolsheviks Come to Power. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nikolai_Kishkin&oldid=1256259196"