Nestor Lakoba
| Nestor Lakoba | |
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| Нестор Лакоба (Russian) Нестор Лакоба (Abkhaz) |
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| 1st Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Socialist Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia | |
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In office February 1922 – 28 December 1936 |
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| Preceded by | Post Created |
| Succeeded by | Avksenty Narikievich Rapava |
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| Born |
1 May 1893 Lykhny, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 28 December 1936 (aged 43) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | Rauf Lakoba |
Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba (Russian: Не́стор Аполло́нович Лако́ба; Abkhaz: Нестор Аполлонович Лакоба) (1 May 1893 – 28 December 1936) was an Abkhaz Communist leader. Lakoba helped establish Bolshevik power in Abkhazia in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, and served as the head of Abkhazia after its incorporation into the Soviet Union in 1921. While in power, Lakoba saw that Abkhazia was initially given autonomy within the USSR as the Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia. Though nominally a part of Georgia, the Abkhaz SSR was effectively a separate republic, made possible by Lakoba's close relationship with Joseph Stalin. This also ensured that during the era of collectivization, Abkhazia was largely spared, though in return Lakoba was forced to accept a downgrade of Abkhazia's status to that of an autonomous republic within the Georgian SSR.
Due to his close relationship with Stalin, who would frequently holiday in Abkhazia during the 1920s and 1930s, Lakoba became rivals with one of Stalin's other confidents, Lavrenti Beria, who was in charge of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. During a visit to Beria in Tbilisi in December 1936, Lakoba was poisoned, allowing Beria to consolidate his control over Abkhazia and all of Georgia.
Nestor Lakoba was born in the village of Lykhny in Abkhazia and like many Caucasian Bolsheviks, began as a bandit persecuted by the Tsarist police, and he became a personal friend of Stalin's during their time together in the revolutionary underground.
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