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Started biography page on communist leader Lazar Kaganovich
'''Lazar Kaganovich''' was born in Kabany,[[ Ukraine]] in 1893 into a[[ Jewish]] family. He worked as a shoemaker and joined the [[Bolshevik]] Party in 1911. He took part in the [[October Revolution]] , and by the 1920s was leader of the party in the Ukraine.
With the support of Stalin, Kaganovich was a member of the [[Politburo]] by 1930. He implemented the plans for collectivisation and destruction of the [[Christian]] Religion in Ukraine by confiscating food from the peasants. This caused a devastating famine in which between seven and thirteen million people died. This famine became known as the "[[Holodomor]]". The [[Soviet]] government covered up the tragedy by falsifying census statistics and forbidding any mention in the press. He was also involved in the [[great purge]]s which ended all opposition to Stalin.
When Stalin died, Kaganovich opposed his successor [[Nikita Kruschev]]. As a result, he was expelled from the Communist Party and forced into retirement. He died in 1991.[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSkaganovich.htm]
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With the support of Stalin, Kaganovich was a member of the [[Politburo]] by 1930. He implemented the plans for collectivisation and destruction of the [[Christian]] Religion in Ukraine by confiscating food from the peasants. This caused a devastating famine in which between seven and thirteen million people died. This famine became known as the "[[Holodomor]]". The [[Soviet]] government covered up the tragedy by falsifying census statistics and forbidding any mention in the press. He was also involved in the [[great purge]]s which ended all opposition to Stalin.
When Stalin died, Kaganovich opposed his successor [[Nikita Kruschev]]. As a result, he was expelled from the Communist Party and forced into retirement. He died in 1991.[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSkaganovich.htm]
[[Category:Communists]]
[[Category:Genocide]]
[[Category:Russia
[[Category:Ukraine]]