Alexander Tsiurupa

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Alexander Dmitrievich Tsiurupa (Russian: Алекса́ндр Дми́триевич Цюру́па, September 19 (O.S. October 1) 1870, Oleshky — May 8, 1928, Mukhalatka village of Oliva urban-type settlement, Crimea) was a Soviet state and Party figure.

On his official duties he faced a tough problem of food supplies of the starving newly created republic. In October 1917 he successfully organized transport of grain, seized from Ukrainian farmers, to Petrograd. He was elected member of the Party Central Committee at the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th congresses of the Communist Party.

On May 8, 1918 on the Sovnarkom meeting he suggested to introduce in the country a food ration dictatorship. That was done by a Decree of VTsIK central executive committee on May 13, 1918. He was also one of the organizers of the so-called foodgroups (prodotryad, Russian: продотряд), the workers groups made for the purpose of stocking up grain and other food rations in an effort to supply the various industrial centers and the Red Army.

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