Dmitry Ivanovich Kursky (; – 20 December 1932) was a Russian Soviet jurist and statesman. Kursky joined the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1904. He served as the chairman of the Drissa town Soviet. He was the People's Commissar for Justice of the RSFSR and the USSR from 1918–1928. He committed suicide in 1932. References External links Biography Kursky, Dmytry Ivanovich The History of Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1874 births 1932 deaths Old Bolsheviks Russian Social Democratic Labour Party members Russian communists People's commissars and ministers of the Soviet Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Italy 1932 suicides