Nestor Lakoba

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Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba (1 May 1893 – 28 December 1936) was a Soviet Abkhaz leader. He became a Bolshevik in the early 1910s and helped establish Soviet power in Abkhazia in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. While in power, Lakoba served as First Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia from 1922 to 1930, and then as Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic until his death in 1936. Popular in Abkhazia due to his ability to resonate with the people, Lakoba maintained close relationship with Joseph Stalin, which allowed him to enjoy significant autonomy and successfully oppose the extension of collectivization to Abkhazia. Stalin would frequently holiday in Abkhazia during the 1920s and 1930s. This relationship saw Lakoba become the rival of one of Stalin's other confidants, Lavrentiy Beria, who was in charge of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. During...

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