Sahak Ter-Gabrielyan
Soviet Armenian statesman
Died when: 51 years 185 days (618 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Sahak Mirzayi Ter-Gabrielyan (Armenian: ????? ??????? ???-??????????; 27 February [O.S. 15 February] 1886 – 19 August 1937) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet Armenian statesman.Born in Shushi to the family of a tailor, he became a member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1902.
From 1904, he was a communist activist in Baku.In 1918 during the period of the Baku Commune, he was the minister of oil and the chairman of the Emergency Commission.
In 1920 he served as a member of the Revolutionary Committee of Armenia, then in 1921 became the permanent representative of Armenian SSR (later from 1923 to 1928 – of the Transcaucasian SFSR) in the Russian SFSR.
From 1928 to 1935 he was the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Armenian SSR (equivalent of prime minister).In 1931, Ter-Gabrielyan openly opposed Joseph Stalin's decision to appoint Lavrentiy Beria second secretary of the Communist Party's regional committee of the Transcaucasian SFSR.
In August 1937, Ter-Gabrielyan fell victim to the Great Purge.According to the official report presented to Stalin, Ter-Gabrielyan was arrested and purportedly committed suicide by jumping out of a second-floor window.