Dmitry Ivanovich Kursky (; – 20 December 1932) was a

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Ukrainian jurist and statesman. Kursky joined the

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faction of the

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in 1904. He served as the chairman of the

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town

. He was the People's Commissar for Justice of the

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and the

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from 1918–1928. He died on 20 December 1932, aged 58.

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Biography

The History of Communist Party of the Soviet Union
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kursky, D.I. 1874 births 1932 deaths Old Bolsheviks Russian Social Democratic Labour Party members Russian communists People's commissars and ministers of the Soviet Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Italy Signatories of the Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics