Mykola Makarovych Marchak ( uk, Микола Макарович Марчак; 5 January 1904 – 23 September 1938) was a

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and

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politician, who was the acting Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the

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(today's equivalent of

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) from October 1937 to February 1938. He was a son of a peasant and was a member of the Russian Communist Party (b) from 1921. On 20 June 1938, Marchak was arrested and accused of belonging to an anti-Soviet Trotskyist organization. On 23 September 1938, Marchak was found guilty by the

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and was sentenced to death. Marchak was rehabilitated by the resolution of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR of 17 June 1958.

Biography

Mykola Marchak was born in a

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family in a small village in

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( uk, Хмельни́цька о́бласть, translit=Khmelnytska oblast; also referred to as Khmelnychchyna — uk, Хмельни́ччина) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine covering portions of the histo ...

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1904 births 1938 deaths People from Khmelnytskyi Oblast People from Kamenets-Podolsky Uyezd Ukrainian people in the Russian Empire Bolsheviks First convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) politicians Chairpersons of the Council of Ministers of Ukraine Executed Soviet people from Ukraine Ukrainian people executed by the Soviet Union Soviet rehabilitations Great Purge victims from Ukraine {{Ukraine-politician-stub