Mikheil Kakhiani
Mikheil Kakhiani | |
|---|---|
მიხეილ კახიანი | |
| First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party | |
| In office August 1924 – May 1930 | |
| Preceded by | Vissarion Lominadze |
| Succeeded by | Levan Gogoberidze |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1896 Batumi, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | December 1937 |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Mikheil Kakhiani (Georgian: მიხეილ კახიანი; 1896 – December, 1937) was a Soviet and Georgian politician. He served as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party from August 1924 to May 1930.
A strong supporter of Joseph Stalin, Kakhiani ensured that after the 1924 August Uprising there would be no dissent from Georgia towards the Bolsheviks.[1] He launched the collectivization of Georgian farms in 1931 and farmers were relocated to state-run farms while their produce, farming tools, and fields were destroyed.[2] Those who resisted were deported to Siberia.[2] Along with the party leadership, he also directed the cruel suppression of rebels and personally witnessed the execution of prisoners such as the shooting of Menshevik prisoners at Tbilisi.[3]
In 1937 he was shot as part of the Great Purge.[4] An account cited the weak leadership of Kakhiani along with Petre Aghniashvili and Mamia Orakhelasvili as a factor that helped the rise of Lavrentiy Beria.[5]
Notes[]
- ^ Suny 1994, p. 235
- ^ a b Piddock, Charles (2006). Republic of Georgia. Milwaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. p. 24. ISBN 0836867106.
- ^ Knight, Amy (1993). Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 34. ISBN 0691032572.
- ^ Suny 1994, p. 277
- ^ Rayfield, Donald (2012). Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia. London: Reaktion Books. p. 349. ISBN 9781780230306.
References[]
- Suny, Ronald Grigor (1994), The Making of the Georgian Nation (Second ed.), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0-25-320915-3
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