Ruhulla Akhundov


Ruhulla Akhundov was the communist leader of Azerbaijan SSR from 1925 to 1926, under the Soviet leadership of Joseph Stalin.

Arrest and execution

In 1938, he was arrested for "participation in terrorist activities" and sentenced to execution by firing squad by Military Tribunal. He was executed on April 21, 1938 at Butovo firing range. In 1959, he was posthumously rehabilitated by Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR.