Panas Petrovych Lyubchenko ( uk, Панас Петрович Любченко; 14 January 1897 – 30 August 1937) was a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

and

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

politician, who served as the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

(today's equivalent of prime-minister) from 1934 to 1937. Panas Lyubchenko was a member of the Ukrainian Central Council and the

Central Committee elected by the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) The Central Committee of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) sat from 10 February 1934 until the convening of the 18th Congress on 10 March 1939. Its 1st Plenary Session elected the Politburo, Secretariat and Orgburo. ...

. He attended the Plenum of 23 February 1937. In 1937, Lyubchenko shot his wife Maria Nikolaevna Krupenyk and then committed suicide after he was accused of treason by colluding with Ukrainian separatists who wished to detach Ukraine from the Soviet Union. Lyubchenko denied the allegations.

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1897 births 1937 deaths People from Kaharlyk People from Kiev Governorate Ukrainian people in the Russian Empire Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) members Soviet politicians who committed suicide Chairpersons of the Council of Ministers of Ukraine Ukrainian emigrants to Russia {{USSR-politician-stub