Grigori Ivanovich Petrovskii

Japanese: ペトロフスキー（英語表記）Grigorii Ivanovich Petrovskii

1878‐1958
Soviet politician. Born into a working-class family, he became a member of the Bolshevik parliament in 1912. After the October Revolution of 1917, he became the Soviet government's People's Commissar for Internal Affairs, and from 1919 served as chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Ukrainian Republic for 20 years. He was subsequently stripped of his position, and survived as deputy director of the Museum of the Revolution in Moscow. His two sons were victims of the Great Purge. After Stalin's death, he united veteran Bolsheviks and promoted criticism of Stalin. [Wada Haruki]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1878‐1958
ソ連邦の政治家。労働者の出身で，1912年にボリシェビキ党の国会議員となった。17年の十月革命後ソビエト政権の内務人民委員となり，19年より20年間ウクライナ共和国中央執行委員会議長をつとめた。以後，地位を剝奪され，モスクワの革命博物館副館長として生きのびた。息子2人は大粛清の犠牲者。スターリン死後，古参ボリシェビキを糾合し，スターリン批判を促進した。【和田春樹】

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