Mykola Oleksiyovych Skrypnyk (Ukrainian: Микола Олексійович Скрипник, also known in Russian as Nikolai Alekseevich Skripnik, 25 January 1872 – 7 July 1933) was a Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and Communist leader who was a proponent of the Ukrainian Republic's independence, and 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, the post of the today's Prime-Minister.
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25 January 1872 Yasynuvata, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
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Died |
7 July 1933 (aged 61) Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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