Pyotr Krasikov | |
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Пётр Красиков | |
Procurator General of the Soviet Union | |
In office 15 March 1924 – 20 June 1933 | |
Premier | Alexey Rykov Vyacheslav Molotov |
Preceded by | None—post established |
Succeeded by | Ivan Akulov |
Personal details | |
Born | Krasnoyarsk, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire | 17 October 1870
Died | 20 August 1939 Zheleznovodsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 68)
Nationality | Soviet |
Political party | RSDLP (1902–1903) RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1939) |
Profession | Jurist, civil servant |
Pyotr Ananyevich Krasikov (Russian: Петр Ананьевич Красиков; 17 October [O.S. 5 October] 1870 – 20 August 1939) was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet statesman, as well as a jurist and writer on political and religious affairs. He was the first Procurator General of the Soviet Union, serving from 1924 to 1933.[1]