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Title: N. A. (Nestor Apollonovich) Lakoba Papers
Dates: 1915-1939
Collection number: 2003C73
Creator:
Lakoba, N. A. (Nestor Apollonovich), 1893-1936.
Collection Size:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(1.6 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba (1893-1936) papers document life and activities of the politician, revolutionary, party and government
official, and victim of the purges.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
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[Identification of item], N. A. (Nestor Apollonovich) Lakoba Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2003
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of boxes listed in this finding aid.
| 1893 May 1 | Born, Village of Lykhny, Abkhaziia |
| 1910-1911 | Studied at the seminary in Tiflis, Georgia |
| 1912 | Became a member of the Russian Social Democratic party |
| 1912-1918 | Worked for the Russian Social Democratic party in Abkhaziia and Groznyi |
| 1918 | Led the uprising against the Menshevik-dominated government of Abkhaziia |
| Deputy chairman of the Sukhumi Military Revolutionary Committee (Georgia); organized detachments of partisan forces for combat during the Russian Civil War | |
| Late 1918 | Arrested and imprisoned in Sukhumi, Georgia |
| 1919 | Banished from Georgia |
| 1920 | Took control of the underground Bolshevik organization in the city of Batumi (Georgia) |
| 1921 | Assistant chairman of the Revolutionary Committee in Abkhaziia |
| 1922 | Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Abkhaziian ASSR |
| 1930-1936 | Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Abkhaziia; served on the Central Executive Committee of the Georgian SSR, the Central Executive Committee of the Transcaucasian SFSR, the Central Executive Committee of the USSR and the Bureau of the Party Central Committee in Georgia. He was personally acquainted with his fellow Caucasians Joseph Stalin and Lavrentii Beriia |
| 1936 December 28 | Died unexpectedly. Lakoba had an honorable burial, but was later declared an "enemy of the people" |
Scope and Content of Collection
Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba (1893-1936) papers document life and activities of the politician, revolutionary, party and government
official, and victim of the purges.
A Caucasian revolutionary before 1917, Nestor Lakoba was appointed chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Abkhaziian
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and from 1930 to 1936 was chairman of the Central Executive Committee of that republic.
He served on the Central Executive Committee of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Central Executive Committee of
the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Central Executive Committee of the USSR and the Bureau of the
Party Central Committee in Georgia. Since 1917 he was personally acquainted with his fellow Caucasians Joseph Stalin and Lavrentii
Beriia. Both later considered him their personal enemy. Majority of people believe he was poisoned by Beriia's agents. He
was given a state funeral, but posthumously declared an enemy of the people.
The bulk of the collection is hand written letters between Nestor Lakoba and the leaders of the Russian revolution and high
ranking Soviet government officials such as Joseph Stalin, Feliks Dzerzhinskii, Lavrentii Beriia, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, and
many others. Correspondence includes letters of both a business and personal nature arranged chronologically.
Photographic series contains a huge bulk of very unique and unknown prints of Soviet leaders, such as Joseph Stalin, Feliks
Dzerzhinskii, Lavrentii Beriia, Sergo Orgdzhonikidze, Mikhail Kalinin, Semen Budennyi, as well as Stalin's children Svetlana
and Vasilii.
Documentation in the Speeches and Writings includes drafts, notes, sayings, verses, theses, speeches, and final published
articles as well as other materials relating to his public life.
Of particular interest is the Biographical file with different versions of autobiographies and curriculum vitae, as well as
other materials reflecting his early years in Georgia in general and in Abkhaziia in particular.
The collection is organized into five series: Biographical file, Correspondence, Speeches and Writings, Subject file, and
Photographs
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
Georgia (Republic)--Politics and government--1917-1991.
Abkhaziia (Georgia)--Politics and government.
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953.