SMIRNOV, Mikhail Pavlovich

Smirnov, Mikhail Pavlovich (20.10.1897, d Afanas'eva Kologrivskogo County Kostroma - 26.2.1939), statesman. The son of a peasant. Educated in the Communist University YA.M. Sverdlov (1919) and the Moscow Industrial Economic Institute (1926). From 1911 he worked on the railroad, at the sawmill. In 1916, drafted into the army. Participant 1 WWI. In June 1917, entered into RSDLP (b). In Sept.. 1917 arrested for agitating against the war, but soon released. In 1918, joined the Red Army. Since 1919, the military commissar of health management, evacuation points, then the infantry school. Since 1923, the beginning. protection Tsentrosojuz in 1924-31 Head. egg-oil department. In 1929, accused of embezzlement the personal needs of foreign currencies during the trip, "an intimate relationship with the anti-Soviet elements, a certificate anti-Soviet elements, neglect and persecution of Communists and expelled from the party. However, in the same year restored Moscow Regional Control Commission. In 1931-36 Deputy. prev. Moscow Union of Consumer Societies. In 1936-37 Deputy. Head. Moscow Municipal Department of Internal Trade. Since 1937 member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. 17/10/1937 headed the People's Commissariat of Trade of the USSR INTERNAL, 19.1.1938 which was renamed the People's Commissariat of Trade of the USSR. 16/7/1938 arrested. Sentenced to death. Shot. In 1956, rehabilitated.