# Dmitry Kursky

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Soviet politician and jurist (1874–1932)

Dmitry Kursky Дмитрий Курский Kursky c. 1923 Chairman of the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party In office 31 May 1924 – 2 December 1927 Preceded by Viktor Nogin Succeeded by Mikhail Vladimirsky Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR In office 26 May 1922 – 16 January 1928 Premier Vladimir Lenin Alexey Rykov Preceded by Post established Succeeded by Nikolai Janson People's Commissar for Justice of the Russian SFSR In office 14 September 1918 – 6 July 1923 Premier Vladimir Lenin Preceded by Pēteris Stučka Succeeded by None—position dissolved Personal details Born 22 October 1874 Kiev, Russian Empire Died 20 December 1932(1932-12-20) (aged 58) Moscow, Soviet Union Party RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1904–1918) All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (1918–1932) Occupation Lawyer

**Dmitry Ivanovich Kursky** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Дми́трий Ива́нович Ку́рский; 22 October [[O.S.](/source/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates) 10 October] 1874 – 20 December 1932) was a [Soviet](/source/Soviets) [Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainians) jurist and statesman.

Kursky joined the [Bolshevik](/source/Bolshevik) faction of the [Russian Social Democratic Labour Party](/source/Russian_Social_Democratic_Labour_Party) in 1904. He served as the chairman of the [Drissa](/source/Drissa) town [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union). He was the [People's Commissar for Justice](/source/Ministry_of_Justice_(Soviet_Union)) of the [RSFSR](/source/RSFSR) and the [USSR](/source/USSR) from 1918–1928.[1] He died on 20 December 1932, aged 58.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Lenin: 142. Telegram to the chairman of the Drissa town soviet](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/feb/19dts.htm#bkV35E316). Marxists.org (13 June 2006). Retrieved on 2015-11-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["под ред. Д. П. Ненарокова. Глазунов М. М., Митрофанов Б. А. Курский Дмитрий Иванович. Реввоенсовет Республики. История России. Библиотека"](https://statehistory.ru/books/pod-red--D--P--Nenarokova_Revvoensovet--Respubliki/13). *statehistory.ru*. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

## External links

- [Biography](https://web.archive.org/web/20110722053137/http://www.biografia.ru/cgi-bin/search.pl?oaction=show&id=2936) (in Russian)

- [Kursky, Dmytry Ivanovich](http://rusrazvedka.narod.ru/base/htm/kursk.html) (in Russian)

- [The History of Communist Party of the Soviet Union](http://www.knowbysight.info/KKK/05555.asp) (in Russian)

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