Sergey Syrtsov (politician)

Sergey Syrtsov
Сергей Сырцов
Syrtsov in 1929
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR
In office
18 May 1929 – 3 November 1930
PresidentMikhail Kalinin
Preceded byAlexei Rykov
Succeeded byDaniil Sulimov
Candidate member of the 16th Politburo
In office
21 June 1929 – 1 December 1930
Personal details
BornSergey Ivanovich Syrtsov
17 July [O.S. 5 July] 1893
Died10 September 1937(1937-09-10) (aged 44)
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
PartyRSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1913–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1930)
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Sergey Ivanovich Syrtsov (17 July [O.S. 5 July] 1893 – 10 September 1937) was a Russian Soviet politician and statesman. Syrtsov is best remembered for having served as the head of the republic government of the Russian SFSR from 1929 until his removal in 1930 for plotting to remove Joseph Stalin as head of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

Syrtsov was arrested in the spring of 1937 during the Great Purge and was executed about five months later.