Mikhail Lashevich

Attending the 8th Party Congress

Mikhail Mikhailovich Lashevich (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Лашевич; 1884 in Odessa, Russian Empire – 30 August 1928 in Harbin, China), also known under the name Gaskovich,[1] born of a Jewish family[2] was a Soviet military and party leader, and member of Bolshevik Russian Social Democratic Labour Party since 1901.[3]

After the October Revolution, he held various higher military, party and governmental posts.[3]

Once Joseph Stalin started to rise to power, Lashevich sided with Leon Trotsky. As a result, he was removed from central posts and sent to Harbin to serve as deputy chairman of the Chinese Eastern Railway (1926-1928). In 1927, at the 15th Congress of the VKP(b), he was expelled from the Party, together with other Trotskyists. In 1928, after he recanted his opposition, his party membership was restored.[3]

In August 1928, he was reported to have been arrested by Chinese authorities in connection with the Barga uprising at Hulunbuir, which was led by Merse.[4]

Some claim that he committed suicide, others claim he died in a car accident.[3] He is remembered by a plaque on the Field of Mars in St Petersburg.

References

  1. ↑ "Jewish Encyclopedia of Russia (Rossiyskaya Evreiskaya Entsiclopediya)". 1st edition. 1995.
  2. ↑ The Bolsheviks and the Russian Empire, Liliana Riga pp.60 and 304
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Lashevich Mikhail Mikhailovich" (in Russian)
  4. ↑ "Says revolt by Mongols is crushed: government of Manchuria issues statement", The Border Cities Star, 1928-08-20, retrieved 2011-08-05


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