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Volodymyr Zatonsky

1888–1938 · 20th century

Volodymyr Zatonsky was a Ukrainian Bolshevik and member of the People's Secretariat, the Soviet government formed in Kharkiv in December 1917 in opposition to the Ukrainian People's Republic. He later served as people's commissar of education in Soviet Ukraine and was executed in Stalin's Great Purge.

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Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Volodymyr Zatonsky. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/volodymyr-zatonsky
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