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Ananiy DyakovBelarusian Soviet statesman, teacher
Date of Birth: 01.10.1896
Country:  Belarus |
Content:
- Ananias Pavlovich Dyakov
- Political and Governmental Career
- University Leadership and State Service
- Arrest and Execution
- Family and Rehabilitation
Ananias Pavlovich Dyakov
Early Life and EducationAnanias Pavlovich Dyakov was born on October 1, 1896, in the village of Bogdanovka, Mstsislaw District, Mogilev Region. He completed elementary school and went on to serve in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, where his bravery earned him an officer's rank.
Political and Governmental Career
After the Russian Revolution, Dyakov joined the Communist Party in 1918 and became the head of the Vyazma Land Department. From 1919 to 1923, he served in the Red Army as a company commander. In 1923, he was appointed deputy chairman of the Mstsislaw District Executive Committee.
From 1924 onward, Dyakov held various administrative positions in Mogilev and Vitebsk. He studied at the Institute of Red Professors in Moscow from 1930 to 1934.
University Leadership and State Service
In 1934, Dyakov became the rector of the Belarusian State University. He served until 1935 and later headed a department within the Central Executive Committee of the Byelorussian SSR. In July 1936, he was appointed People's Commissar of Education for the Byelorussian SSR.
Arrest and Execution
Dyakov was arrested on May 11, 1937, in Minsk. He was falsely accused of being part of a national-fascist organization and a saboteur in the field of education. On October 28, 1937, the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR sentenced him to death. He was executed on October 29, 1938, and buried in Minsk.
Family and Rehabilitation
Dyakov was married and had two children. His wife, Maria Ivanovna Dyakova, was arrested in 1937 and sentenced to eight years in labor camps. She was released in 1945 and her fate thereafter is unknown.
On April 3, 1957, Dyakov was posthumously rehabilitated by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR, as his conviction was found to be unsubstantiated.
