Rykov's Second Government
Rykov's Second Government was the cabinet of the Soviet Union established on February 2nd, 1924, with Alexei Rykov as the head of government, serving as the President of the Council of People's Commissars after Lenin's death on January 21, 1924.
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| Date formed | 2 February 1924 |
| Date dissolved | 20 May 1925 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Mikhail Kalinin |
| Head of government | Alexei Rykov |
| Deputy head of government | Lev Kamenev |
| No. of ministers | 14 |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Rykov I |
| Successor | Rykov III |
It ended on May 21st, 1925, when the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union approved a new composition of the Sovnarkom.
Composition
| People's Commissar | Incumbent | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Alexei Rykov | CPSU (b) |
| Administrator of Affairs | Nikolai Gorbunov | CPSU (b) |
| Vice Chairmen | Lev Kamenev | CPSU (b) |
| Mamia Orakhelashvili | CPSU (b) | |
| Alexander Tsiurupa | CPSU (b) | |
| Vlas Chubar | CPSU (b) | |
| Foreign Affairs | Georgy Chicherin | CPSU (b) |
| Military and Naval Affairs | Lev Trotsky (1924-1925) | CPSU (b) |
| Mikhail Frunze (1925)[1] | CPSU (b) | |
| Foreign Trade | Leonid Krasin | CPSU (b) |
| Railways | Janis Rudzutaks | CPSU (b) |
| Posts and Telegraphs | Ivan Smirnov | CPSU (b) |
| Supreme Council of the National Economy | Felix Dzerzhinsky[2] | CPSU (b) |
| Food | Nikolai Bryukhanov | CPSU (b) |
| Labor | Vasily Schmidt | CPSU (b) |
| Workers' and Peasants' Inspection | Valerian Kuibyshev | CPSU (b) |
| Finance | Grigory Sokolnikov | CPSU (b) |
| Internal Trade | Aron Sheinman | CPSU (b) |
References
- Slezkine, Yuri (7 August 2017). The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution. Princeton University Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-4008-8817-7.
- Graf Huyn, Hans (1984). "Webs of Soviet Disinformation". Strategic Review. 21 (4): 52.
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