Alexander Miasnikian

Alexander Miasnikian
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Armenia
In office
23 March 1921 – 30 January 1922
Preceded bySarkis Kasyan (as Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of Armenia)
Succeeded bySargis Lukashin
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia
In office
1918–1919
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byVincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas
People's Commissar for Military Affairs of Armenia
In office
1921–1922
Preceded byAvis Nurijanyan
Succeeded byHayk Bzhishkyan
Personal details
Born(1886-02-09)9 February 1886
Died22 March 1925(1925-03-22) (aged 39)
Cause of deathPlane crash
PartyRSDLP (Bolsheviks)
(1904–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1925)
AwardsOrder of Saint Anna, Order of Saint Stanislaus two times
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Alexander Fyodori Miasnikian or Myasnikov (28 January [9 February] 1886 – 22 March 1925), also known by his revolutionary nom de guerre Martuni, was an Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary, military leader, and statesman. During the Russian Civil War, he served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia from 1918 to 1919. As the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Armenia from 1921 to 1922, he is credited with rebuilding the Armenian republic in the era of Vladimir Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP).