Nikolai Mikhaylovich Kishkin (Russian: Николай Михайлович Кишкин; 11 December 1864 – 16 March 1930) was a physician and a Russian politician on the Central Committee of the Constitutional Democrat Party (Kadets).[1] During World War I, he was Deputy Chief Representative of the All Russia Union of Cities.[1] Following the February Revolution of 1917 he became a commissar of the Provisional Government in Moscow, being appointed Minister of Public Charities in the Kerensky government on 25 September (N.S.: 8 October) that year.[1]
Nikolai Kishkin | |
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Николай Кишкин | |
 Kishkin in 1914 | |
| Minister of State Charities | |
| In office 8 October – 8 November 1917 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexander Kerensky |
| Preceded by | Ivan Yefremov |
| Succeeded by | Alexandra Kollontai (as people's commissar) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 December [O.S. 29 November] 1864 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | 16 March 1930 (aged 65) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Constitutional Democrat |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University |
On 25 October, whilst the Bolshevik seizure of power was in progress he was appointed dictator by the cabinet meeting of the Provisional Government. Assuming this role at 4:00 pm, he immediately set about appointing assistants and replacing General Polkovnikov as commander of the Petrograd Military District, with General Jaques Bagratuni. The principal consequence of this was that a number of Polkovnikov colleagues immediately resigned or quietly watched events unfold from their windows.[2]: 288
References
edit- ^ a b c "Nikolai Kishkin". TheFreeDictionary.com. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ Rabinowitch, Alexander (1976). The Bolsheviks Come to Power. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.