Grigoriy Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze (Russian:Григорий Константинович Орджоникидзе), generally known as Sergo Ordzhonikidze (Серго) (October 12, 1886 - February 18, 1937) was a member of the Politburo, and close friend to Stalin. October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Politburo is short for Political Bureau. ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ...

Ordzhonikidze became involved in radical politics in 1903, and after graduating as a doctor from the Mikhailov Hospital Medical School, was arrested for arms transferring. 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ...

He was released and went to Germany, but in 1907 returned to Russia and settled in Baku where he worked with Stalin and others. He was arrested for being a member of the Social Democratic Party and deported to Siberia, but managed to escape 3 years later. He returned with Stalin to St. Petersburg in April 1912, but again was apprehended and sentenced to 3 years hard labour. 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Baku (or Bakı [Baky]) pronounced ba-KEY, Баку or Bakı in Azeri, باکو (Baku) in Persian) is the capital of Azerbaijan. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ...

During the course of the civil war, he became a commissar for the Ukraine and took part in fighting in the Caucasus, where he would later help establish Soviet power in states such as Armenia. Commissar (комисса́р) was an official title used in post-revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union. ... Soviet redirects here. ...

Ordzhonikidze was appointed to the Politburo in 1926, but by 1936 Stalin began to question his loyalty; specifically when he discovered that Ordzhonikidze was using his influence to protect certain figures that were under investigation by the NKVD. Meanwhile, rumours had been spreading that Ordzhonikidze planned to denounce Stalin in his speech at the April 1937 Plenum. Unsurprisingly, Ordzhonikidze was found dead before he could make his speech; his death was ruled a suicide. 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Black Ravens by Boris Vladimirski, a depiction of the cars used by NKVD agents. ...

Several towns in the USSR were renamed Ordzhonikidze after him, namely Vladikavkaz. The name Ordzhonikidze can mean:- Sergo Ordzhonikidze Various towns in the USSR which were renamed after him, the most important being Vladikavkaz. ... Photo of Vladikavkaz cathedral mosque in 1912. ...

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• Based on info from the Spartacus Schoolnet.