Sergey Syrtsov (politician)

Sergey Syrtsov
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
Premier	Alexei Rykov
Preceded by	Alexei Rykov
Succeeded by	Daniil Sulimov
Candidate member of the 16th Politburo
	In office; 21 June 1929 – 1 December 1930
Personal details
Born	Sergey Ivanovich Syrtsov; 17 July [O.S. 5 July] 1893; Slavgorod, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	10 September 1937 (aged 44); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad
Nationality	Soviet
Political party	RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1913–1918) ; Russian Communist Party (1918–1930)

Sergey Ivanovich Syrtsov^[a] (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 of 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.
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