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Akmal IkramovSoviet statesman and party figure
Date of Birth: 01.01.1898
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Content:
- Life and Career
- Role in the Civil War
- Rise to Prominence
- Political Leader of Uzbekistan
- Involvement in Political Purges
- Downfall and Execution
- Third Moscow Show Trial
- Execution
- Rehabilitation
Life and Career
Early Life and Party InvolvementAkmal Ikramov was born in September 1898 in Tashkent, the son of a peasant. He became a member of the Bolshevik Party (RKP(b)) in 1918, and subsequently held various party leadership positions in Namangan, Fergana, and Tashkent.
Role in the Civil War
Ikramov played a significant role in suppressing the counterrevolution in Central Asia. He served as Secretary of the Fergana and Syr-Darya Regional Committees of the RKP(b).
Rise to Prominence
In 1921-1922, Ikramov headed the Organizational Department and became Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkestan. From 1922, he studied at Sverdlov Communist University in Moscow and later became Secretary of the Tashkent Regional Committee of the Party. From 1925, he served as Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Uzbekistan (CP(b)U).
Political Leader of Uzbekistan
In 1929, Ikramov became the First Secretary of the CP(b)U and Secretary of the Central Asian Bureau of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (VKP(b)). He was also a candidate member of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR (TsIK SSSR) and the Central Committee of the VKP(b).
Involvement in Political Purges
Ikramov participated in the Commission of the Plenum of the VKP(b) Central Committee in 1937, which investigated the "Bukharin-Rykov Case." He was a delegate to the 12th-17th Congresses of the VKP(b), and was elected to the Central Committee.
Downfall and Execution
Arrest and ConfessionIkramov was arrested in July 1937. During interrogation, he confessed to being an active participant in a counterrevolutionary nationalist organization since 1928.
Third Moscow Show Trial
Ikramov was one of the defendants in the Third Moscow Show Trial (1938). He admitted to joining the Trotskyist opposition in 1923 and leading the counterrevolutionary "Milli Istiklal" organization, which he claimed was a "nationalist-fascist" group advocating for the overthrow of Soviet power.
Execution
Ikramov was sentenced to death and executed on 13 March 1938 (according to one account), or 15 March 1938 (according to another account), at the Kommunarka firing range.
