Nikolay Krestinsky
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Krestinsky was a Soviet Bolshevik revolutionary and politician who served as the Responsible Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Krestinsky in 1929
Nikolay Krestinsky, Soviet Ambassador to Germany (Jul 1923 to Sep 1930). Behind him the Deputy Trade representative Turov. Standing on the right is Voldemar Aussem who later became Plenipotentiary Representative to Austria (May to Dec 1924). Krestinsky and Aussem were repressed during the Great Purge.
Krestinsky’s cenotaph at Novodevichy Cemetery.
Left Opposition
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The Left Opposition was a faction within the Russian Communist Party from 1923 to 1927 headed by Leon Trotsky, who formed it to mount a struggle against the perceived bureaucratic degeneration within
Nikolay Krestinsky
…Yakov Sverdlov, Krestinsky also served as Responsible Secretary of the Russian Communist Party. Krestinsky was an ally of Leon Trotsky and supported the Left Opposition. With the rise of Joseph Stalin, Krestinsky gradually fell from power and lost his positions in the government, save for his post as Soviet ambassador…
Leon Trotsky, the de facto Left Opposition leader, pictured in the 1930s