Postyshev, P. P. (Pavel Petrovich), 1887-1939

LC control no.	n 88065629
Personal name heading	Postyshev, P. P. (Pavel Petrovich), 1887-1939 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Postyshev, Pavel Petrovich, 1888-1940 Postyšev, Pavel, 1887-1939 Postyshev, Pavlo Petrovych, 1887-1938 Postyshev, Pavel Petrovich, 1887-1939 Postyshev, Pav. Petr. (Pavel Petrovich), 1887-1939 Posṭisheṿ, P., 1887-1939 Постышев, П. П. (Павел Петрович), 1887-1939 פאסטישעוו, פ., 1939־1887 פאסטישעװ, פ.
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Found in	Pavel Postyshev, 1987: p. 12 (Pavel Petrovich Postyshev, b. Sept. 6, 1887) p. 13, etc. (P. P. Postyshev) p. 180 (d. Feb. 26, 1939) LC data base, 3-1-88 (MLC hdg.: Postyshev, P. (Pavel), 1888-) Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 4, p. 166-167 (Postyshev, Pavel [Postyšev], b. 18 Sept. 1887 in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, Vladimir gubernia, Russia, d. 26 Feb. 1939 in Kuibyshev, Russia. Communist party functionary. Played a leading role in industrialization and collectivization campaigns in the Kharkiv region and in the purge of Trotskyists and Ukrainian national-Communists. From 1934 to 1937 he was in charge of the Kiev oblast party organization, and was the real power in Ukraine. Postyshev played a leading role in the 1933 famine and its terrors. During this period he became known as the 'hangman of Ukraine'. He eventually was arrested in January 1938 under Stalin's orders, and executed in 1939. He was reabilitated in 1956) Za delo Lenina Stalina budʹ gotov, 1934: t.p. (P.P. Postysheva) LC manual cat. (hdg.: Postyshev, Pavel Petrovich, 1888-1940; usage: P. P. Postyshev) Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl.: v. 9, p. 30 (Postyshev, Pavlo Petrovych, 6(18) Sept. 1887, 26 Feb. 1939: Soviet party activist and Comm. Party member since 1904) Sov. ėnt︠s︡ikl. slovarʹ, 1986: p. 1046 (Postyshev, Pav. Petr., 1887-1939; party activist) Liḳṿidatsye fun balegufnṭum als ḳlas, 1930?: t.p. (P. Posṭisheṿ)