Nikolay Pakhomov

Nikolay Ivanovich Pakhomov (December 1890 – 19 August 1938) was a Soviet politician and government official.

Nikolay Pakhomov
Nikolay Pakhomov
People's Commissar for Water Transport (NKVT)
In office
13 March 1934  8 April 1938
PremierVyacheslav Molotov
Preceded byNikolai Janson
Succeeded byNikolai Yezhov
Personal details
BornDecember 1890
Taganrog, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire
Died19 August 1938 (1938-08-20) (aged 47)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union

Pakhomov was born in Taganrog. He was People's Commissar of Water Transport from 13 March 1934 to 8 April 1938. The very next day after being demoted (9 April 1938), he was arrested. He was charged with espionage, then sentenced to death and shot, in Moscow. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1955.

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