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Nikolai Krylenko

1885 - 1938

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Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko (Russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Крыле́нко, IPA: [krɨˈlʲenkə]; 2 May 1885 – 29 July 1938) was an Old Bolshevik and Soviet politician, military commander, and jurist. Krylenko served in a variety of posts in the Soviet legal system, rising to become People's Commissar for Justice and Prosecutor General of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. He was executed during the Great Purge. Krylenko was an exponent of socialist legality and the theory that political considerations, rather than criminal guilt or innocence, should guide the application of punishment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolai Krylenko is the 7,699th most popular politician (down from 7,659th in 2019), the 681st most popular biography from Russia (up from 716th in 2019) and the 201st most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nikolai Krylenko ranks 7,699 out of 19,576. Before him are Salitis, Polina Zhemchuzhina, Ambrosius Aurelianus, Grimoald the Younger, Ron DeSantis, and Joop den Uyl. After him are Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Pak Song-chol, Roy Mata, Pierre Bérégovoy, Vaso Čubrilović, and Magdalena Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Nikolai Krylenko ranks 79. Before him are Jacques Feyder, Egon Kisch, Lilly Reich, Soemu Toyoda, Khải Định, and Viggo Brun. After him are John Edensor Littlewood, Paul von Hase, Aleksandras Stulginskis, Dora Pejačević, Lev Rudnev, and Frank Jack Fletcher. Among people deceased in 1938, Nikolai Krylenko ranks 72. Before him are Leo Frobenius, William McDougall, Emile Vandervelde, Francis Jammes, Axel Paulsen, and Cao Kun. After him are Valery Chkalov, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, David Riazanov, Jukums Vācietis, Edwin Hall, and Gillis Grafström.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Krylenko ranks 681 out of 3,761. Before him are Pyotr Lavrov (1823), Valeri Kharlamov (1948), Irina Rodnina (1949), Alexander Lebed (1950), Bella Akhmadulina (1937), and Fedor Tokarev (1871). After him are Vasily Kalinnikov (1866), Andor Lilienthal (1911), Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894), Valery Chkalov (1904), Sergey Naryshkin (1954), and Alexei Savrasov (1830).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Nikolai Krylenko ranks 201. Before him are Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (1782), Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (1842), Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1827), Elena Stasova (1873), Irina Rodnina (1949), and Alexander Lebed (1950). After him are Sergey Naryshkin (1954), Dersu Uzala (1849), Andrey Belousov (1959), Aleksey Arakcheyev (1769), Mikhail Kasyanov (1957), and Mikhail of Vladimir (1145).

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