Nikolay Fyodorovich Gikalo (; March 8, 1897 – April 25, 1938) was a Ukrainian Soviet revolutionary and statesman. He was born in Odessa into a Ukrainian peasant family. From 1915 he served in the Russian Imperial Army, in 1917 he joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks). He commanded the Red Army in the fight against the White Army in the Northern Caucasus. He was first secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan from April 1929 to June 11, 1929, first secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan from 1929 to August 1930, first secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia from January 18, 1932 to March 18, 1937. During the Great Purge, Gikalo was arrested, accused of plotting against the Soviet state, sentenced to death and executed on April 25, 1938. He was exonerated posthumously in 1955. A city in Chechnya is named after him. See also Azerbaijan Communist Party References External links Гикало Николай Федорович at www.hrono.ru 1897 births 1938 deaths Politicians from Odesa People from Odessky Uyezd Russian Social Democratic Labour Party members Old Bolsheviks Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union candidate members First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan First secretaries of the Azerbaijan Communist Party Heads of the Communist Party of Byelorussia Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) members Ukrainian revolutionaries Ukrainian people of World War I Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Executed politicians Great Purge victims from Ukraine Soviet rehabilitations Recipients of the Cross of St. George