Alexander Shumsky

Alexander Shumsky
Alexander Shumsky
Олександр Шумський
	Shumsky in December of 1920 (photo from Newspaper "Den")
People's Commissar for Education
	In office; 10 July 1919 – August 1919
Prime Minister	Christian Rakovsky
Preceded by	Mykhailo Panchenko
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Zatonskyi
	In office; 29 September 1924 – February 1927
Prime Minister	Vlas Chubar
Preceded by	Volodymyr Zatonskyi
Succeeded by	Mykola Skrypnyk
Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland
	In office; April 1921 – February 1923
Leader	Feliks Kon (acting); Dmitry Manuilsky
Preceded by	Mieczysław Łoganowski
Succeeded by	Grigory Bessedowsky; (provisional)
Full member of the 3rd, 4th Politburo
	In office; 23 March – 23 November 1920
Full member of the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th Orgburo
	In office; 15 April – 23 November 1920
	In office; 20 June 1923 – 3 March 1927
Full member of the 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th Central Committee
	In office; 17 March 1920 – 13 December 1921
	In office; 16 May 1924 – 3 March 1927
Candidate member of the 7th Central Committee
	In office; 10 April 1923 – 12 May 1924
Director of Agitprop
	In office; May – September 1924
Personal details
Born	Oleksandr Yakovych Shumsky; December 2, 1890; Turchynka, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	18 September 1946 (aged 55); near Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Ukrainian
Political party	CP(b)U (1920-1933); UKP (b) (1918-1920); UPSR (1914-1918); Spilka (1908-1914)
Alma mater	Moscow Veterinary School; Shanyavsky Moscow Free University
Occupation	revolutionary, politician, Communist ideologist
Military service
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1916-1917); RKKA (1918-1921)
Years of service	1916-1921
Commands	South Western Front (Russian Empire); 12th Army (RKKA)

Alexander Yakovlevich Shumsky or Oleksandr Yakovych Shumskyi (Ukrainian: Олександр Якович Шумський, Russian: Александр Яковлевич Шумский; 2 December 1890 – 18 September 1946) was a Ukrainian communist and activist. He was one of the leaders of the national communism movement in Ukraine and actively supported Ukrainization. He was one of the victims of the Stalinist regime, being arrested and killed by the NKVD in 1946. He was rehabilitated in 1958, during the period of De-Stalinization.