# Vissarion Lominadze

_Bolshevik and Soviet politician (1897-1935)_

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> Vissarion Vissarionovich "Beso" Lominadze, was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician. The head of the Transcaucasian Oblast organization of the All-Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) [VKP(b)], Lominadze is best remembered as a participant in the Syrtsov-Lominadze affair of 1930, a failed attempt to rein in the growing power of Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 6 June 1897 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347792#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Kutaisi ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347792#P19))
- **Died:** 19 January 1935 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347792#P570))
- **Place of death:** Magnitogorsk ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347792#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Georgia; Soviet Union ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347792#P27))
- **Occupation:** politician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347792#P106))
- **Political party:** Communist Party of the Soviet Union ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347792#P102))
- **Education:** Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute; Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347792#P69))
- **Positions held:** First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (25 October 1922 – 12 May 1924) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347792#P39))
- **Awards:** Order of the Red Banner; Order of Lenin ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347792#P166))

## Questions

**When was Vissarion Lominadze born?**  
Vissarion Lominadze was born on 6 June 1897 in Kutaisi.

**What positions has Vissarion Lominadze held?**  
Positions held by Vissarion Lominadze include: First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party (1922–1924).

**Where did Vissarion Lominadze study?**  
Vissarion Lominadze was educated at Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Vissarion Lominadze](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vissarion_Lominadze) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q347792](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347792) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Besarion Lominadze.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Besarion_Lominadze.jpg)

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## Cite this page

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