Pavel Vasilyevich Batashov (1886–1971) was a Soviet party and government official. He is best known as the Dzerzhinsky City Committee of the VKP(b)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) of the Gorky Krai from 1931 to 1935. He is associated with the Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky) region through his work in Dzerzhinsk — a city that became a major chemical industry center of the USSR.[1]

Biography and Party Career

Born in Tula. Before 1917 he worked as a laborer at factories in Tula, Petrograd, and the Urals. From 1905 to 1912 he was a member of the Menshevik party in Tula. He was arrested four times and served prison sentences for his revolutionary activities. In 1912 he joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks).[1]

From 1917 onward he held party and Soviet positions in Lysva, Perm Governorate. In 1918–1920 he served as a military commissar in Lysva, Ufa, Samara, and Krasnoyarsk. He subsequently held the posts of secretary of the Lysva District Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), and deputy chairman of the Perm Provincial Executive Committee and the Tula Provincial Council of the National Economy. In 1923–1924 he was secretary of the Yekaterinburg Uezd Committee, then second secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks); in 1924–1925, secretary of the Sverdlovsk Okrug Party Committee; in 1925–1927, secretary of the Chelyabinsk Okrug Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). During this period he was simultaneously a member of the Central Control Commission of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).[2] In 1927–1929 he was deputy chairman of the Sverdlovsk Regional Executive Committee; in 1929–1931, secretary of the Sarapul Okrug Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of the Udmurt ASSR and of the Perm City Party Committee. Batashov was a delegate to the 14th (1925), 15th (1927), 16th (1930), and 17th (1934) congresses of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), as well as a delegate to the 2nd through 8th Congresses of Soviets.[3][1]

Work in Dzerzhinsk

From September 1931 to October 1935 he served as first secretary of the Dzerzhinsk City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Gorky Krai. During this period Dzerzhinsk developed rapidly as a center of the chemical industry. In December 1932 Batashov personally appealed to Mikhail Kalinin and Grigory Ordzhonikidze for support in expediting the construction of a tram line in the city; as a result, on November 7, 1933, a single-track tram line was extended from the Sverdlov Plant to the city center. In 1934 a new polyclinic was opened and staffed in Dzerzhinsk; by 1936 the city healthcare budget had grown to 3.6 million rubles and the number of hospital beds had reached 508.[4][4] In 1935–1936 he was receiving medical treatment. In 1936–1937 he served as chairman of the Dzerzhinsk City Soviet. During his chairmanship the city saw the opening of the Khimik stadium (1936), as well as the commissioning of the Oka pesticide plant and the Zarya plant (1937).[3] From 1937 onward he ceased working due to health reasons and retired.[1]

Arrest and Later Life

In 1938 he was expelled from the party and arrested on charges of having ties to "enemies of the people." In February 1940 he was released following the dismissal of the case. From October 1938 to February 1940, Batashov was held in the Gorky City Prison.[2] From 1942 to 1945 he served as political officer at the Dzerzhinsk Evacuation Hospital. From 1945 onward he was retired. He was awarded the medal "For Victory over Germany in the The Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945." He died in 1971.[1]

Sources

  1. vasilievaa.narod.ru — LEADERS OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD REGION (archive)
  2. именарегиона52.рф — Batashov Pavel Vasilyevich — In 1925–1927, while serving as secretary of the Chelyabinsk Okrug Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), Batashov was simultaneously a member of the Central Control Commission of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
  3. lysva-library.ru — A Figure in the History of the Lysva Okrug — Batashov was a delegate to the 14th (1925), 15th (1927), 16th (1930), and 17th (1934) congresses of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), as well as a delegate to the 2nd through 8th Congresses of Soviets.
  4. d-ved.ru — Pavel Batashov was the first secretary of the Dzerzhinsk city party committee — During Batashov's time in Dzerzhinsk, in December 1932, he personally appealed for support to Mikhail Kalinin and… (archive)