Valerian Vladimirovich Kuybyshev ; Born: Omsk, 6 June, (O.S. 25 May) 1888; Died: Moscow, 25 January, 1935) was a Russian revolutionist, a Red Army military commander during the Russian Civil War, and then a prominent Soviet politician. During 1928-1930 he was Chairman of the Supreme Council of the National Economy, in 1930-1934 he was the head of Gosplan. The city of Samara (the administrative centre of the Samara Oblast, Russia) and the town Bolgar (Tatarstan, … Wikipedia
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