Muralov Alexander

Muralov Alexander (1886, near Taganrog - 30.10.1937), politician. The son of small farmer. In 1905 joined the RSDLP, bolmievik. Conducted party work in Moscow and the province, St. Petersburg. In 1917, a member of the Board of Serpukhov. Since October. Before 1917. Alexinsky county committee RSDLP (b). Since 1919, the provincial commissar and commandant of the Tula fortified area. In 1920 before. Moscow, with the end of 1920 - the Don of the national economy. Since 1923, before. Executive committee of the Nizhny Novgorod. Since March 1928 Deputy. Commissar, in 1929 the People's Commissar of Agriculture of the RSFSR. Since March 1933 Deputy. People's Commissar for Agriculture. One of the theoreticians and leaders of the collectivization in the countryside, accompanied by the massive eviction of "unearned elements" and led to the enormous sacrifices. Since 1935 president of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences VI. Lenin (Agricultural Sciences). In May 1937 in his Commissariat of the USSR Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into a major cause of disruption to ensure collective seeds Muralov is using only charged with "lack of control". In 1937, arrested. Sentenced to death. Shot. He was posthumously rehabilitated.