Julian Leszczynski
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Julian Leszczyński (ˈjuljan lɛˈʂt͡ʂɨɲskʲi; pseudonym
: Leński; 8 January 1899, Płock – 20 August 1939) was leader of the Stalinist faction in the Communist Party of Poland
(KPP), led the party in the 1930s, and himself fell victim to Stalin's Great Purge. He joined the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania
in 1905, and was also a member of the Bolshevik Party. From 1917 he was a commissar of the Polish Commissariat of the Russian People's Commissariat for Nationalities, and a member of the Polish Bureau of the Bolshevik Party Central Committee. He was on the Central Committee of the KPP (1925–37), the Politburo (1927–37) and was General Secretary from 1929–37. From 1926 he was on the executive of the Communist International and from 1929 was a member of its Presidium. In mid-June 1937 he was summoned by the Comintern from Paris to Moscow and arrested by the NKVD
. There is some doubt about whether he was executed immediately or not. According to one version of events, he was imprisoned and died on 20 August 1939.
Pseudonym
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: Leński; 8 January 1899, Płock – 20 August 1939) was leader of the Stalinist faction in the Communist Party of Poland
Communist Party of Poland
The Communist Party of Poland is a historical communist party in Poland. It was a result of the fusion of Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania and the Polish Socialist Party-Left in the Communist Workers Party of Poland .-1918-1921:The KPRP was founded on 16 December 1918 as...
(KPP), led the party in the 1930s, and himself fell victim to Stalin's Great Purge. He joined the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania
Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania
The Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania was a Marxist political party founded in 1893. Its original name was the "Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland" and it eventually became part of the Communist Workers Party of Poland...
in 1905, and was also a member of the Bolshevik Party. From 1917 he was a commissar of the Polish Commissariat of the Russian People's Commissariat for Nationalities, and a member of the Polish Bureau of the Bolshevik Party Central Committee. He was on the Central Committee of the KPP (1925–37), the Politburo (1927–37) and was General Secretary from 1929–37. From 1926 he was on the executive of the Communist International and from 1929 was a member of its Presidium. In mid-June 1937 he was summoned by the Comintern from Paris to Moscow and arrested by the NKVD
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....
. There is some doubt about whether he was executed immediately or not. According to one version of events, he was imprisoned and died on 20 August 1939.