Alexander Krasnoshchyokov

Alexander Krasnoshchyokov
Александр Краснощёков
1st Chairman of the Government of the Far Eastern Republic
In office
6 April 1920 – December 1921
Succeeded byNikolay Matveyev
1st Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Far Eastern Republic
In office
6 April 1920 – November 1920
Succeeded byBoris Shumyatsky
1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Far Eastern Republic
In office
6 April 1920 – June 1920
Succeeded byBoris Shumyatsky
Personal details
Born
Avraam Moiseevich Krasnoshchyok

(1880-10-10)10 October 1880 [O.S. 28 September]
Chernobyl, Radomyslsky Uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died26 November 1937(1937-11-26) (aged 57)
Donskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian Empire
Far Eastern Republic (1920–1922)
Soviet Union (since 1922)
Alma materUniversity of Chicago

Alexander Mikhailovich Krasnoshchyokov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Краснощёков), real name Avraam Moiseevich Krasnoshchyok (Russian: Абра́м Моисе́евич Краснощёк; 10 October 1880 – 26 November 1937), was a Soviet politician and the first leader of the Far Eastern Republic, and later the first leading Bolshevik to be arrested by the government.