Kuprian Kirkizh

Kuprian Kirkizh
Куприян Киркиж
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan
In office
1927 – April 1929
Preceded byVladimir Ivanov
Succeeded byNikolai Gikalo
Executive secretary of the Kharkiv Regional Committee
In office
1922 – November 1925
Preceded byNikolay Popov
Succeeded byPavel Postyshev
Personal details
Born(1886-10-29)29 October 1886
Died24 May 1932(1932-05-24) (aged 45)
Resting placeKremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
PartyRSDLP (Bolsheviks)
(1910–1918)
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1918–1932)
Awards

Kuprian Osipovich Kirkizh (Russian: Куприян Осипович Киркиж; 29 September 1886 – 24 May 1932) was a Belarusian revolutionary and Soviet statesman who served as the second General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR from 1927 until April 1929.