Moisei Lvovich Rukhimovich

Moisey Lvovich Rukhimovich (; October 1889 – July 29, 1938) was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet bureaucrat and politician.

Biography Born in the family of a locksmith in the village of Kagalnik, Rostov Region. He studied at the Kharkov Institute of Technology. Engaged in revolutionary activities since 1903, in the Social Democratic movement since 1904, was a member of the Bund. He conducted revolutionary work in Rostov-on-Don. In 1906–1909 in exile. Since 1911 he worked in the party organizations of Ukraine. He served in the army in 1914–1917, and was a member of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party from 1913.

In February – December 1917, he was a member of the Kharkov Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks), Chairman of the Military Section of the Council. In 1917–1918, the Chairman of the Kharkov Military Revolutionary Committee, the Chief of Staff of the Red Guard. In February – April 1918, he was the People's Commissar for Military Affairs of the Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic. In 1918–1919 – Military Commissar of the Central Administration for the formation of the Red Army of the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic. In August–October 1919, the Military Commissar of the 41st Infantry Division. Adjacent to the "Military Opposition". In 1919–1920, a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the 14th Army.

In 1920–1923, the Chairman of the Donetsk Provincial Executive Committee and the Bakhmut Executive Committee. In 1923–1925, he managed the Donugol Trust, which included all the mines of Donbass. In 1925–1926, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic. In 1926–1930, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Soviet Union. In 1930–1931, the People's Commissar of Railways of the Soviet Union. In 1931–1934, the Manager of the Kuzbassugol Trust. In 1934–1936, Deputy People's Commissar of Heavy Industry of the Soviet Union. Since December 8, 1936, the People's Commissar of the Defense Industry of the Soviet Union.

Member of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union of 1–7 convocations. Member of the Central Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1924–1937), member of the Organizational Bureau of the Central Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1927–1930).

On October 15, 1937, Rukhimovich was removed from office and arrested the next day. The Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union sentenced him to death on July 28, 1938, was executed the next day. Under Khrushchev, he was posthumously rehabilitated by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union on March 14, 1956. On March 3, 1956, he was reinstated in the party by the Party Control Committee under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Awards Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner

Works Moisey Rukhimovich. The Power of the Soviet Union is Indestructible // Truth – 1937 – February 23 Moisey Rukhimovich. For the Socialist Reconstruction of Transport. Report at the 5th Plenum of the All–Union Central Council of Trade Unions on January 25, 1931 – Moscow: Moscow Worker, 1931 – Pages 2–34 Moisey Rukhimovich. Five Year Plan and Training. Report at the 8th Congress of the All–Union Leninist Communist Youth Union – Moscow: Young Guard, 1928 – Pages 7–12