Ordzhonikidze Street
(Ishimskaya until 1937,
Moskovskaya until 1955)
Moskovskaya until 1955)
On the map of Tyumen in 1900, Ishimskaya Street has already been built up on both sides. It was already a busy street connecting the overland Siberian highway with the Tura, the long Siberian river route.
In February 1937, the street was renamed after the death of Georgy Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze (1886−1937), People’s Commissar of Heavy Industry, known by his party nickname Sergo.
On January 25, 1955, by a decision of the Tyumen City Executive Committee, the former Ishimskaya St., renamed Ordzhonikidze St. back in 1937, Ordzhonikidze Square and Moskovskaya St. were declared one Ordzhonikidze Street.
In February 1937, the street was renamed after the death of Georgy Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze (1886−1937), People’s Commissar of Heavy Industry, known by his party nickname Sergo.
On January 25, 1955, by a decision of the Tyumen City Executive Committee, the former Ishimskaya St., renamed Ordzhonikidze St. back in 1937, Ordzhonikidze Square and Moskovskaya St. were declared one Ordzhonikidze Street.
Georgy Konstantinovich was one of the few people who communicated with Stalin on a first-name basis, and as People’s Commissar of Heavy Industry, he led the industrialization of the Soviet Union. In many ways, thanks to Ordzhonikidze, our country became the second largest industrial producer in the world at the end of the 1930s, second only to the United States.
The official version of Sergo’s death is a heart attack. Meanwhile, there is some evidence that Ordzhonikidze did not die a natural death.
Orphaned as a teenager, Grigory lived with relatives in Tiflis, where he graduated from the medical school at the Mikhailovskaya City Hospital. The training was not useless: Ordzhonikidze actually worked later as a paramedic, treating comrades in the revolutionary struggle.
In Tiflis, the young man became interested in popular socialist ideas at that time, and in 1903 became a member of the RSDLP. In 1904, he was first arrested for possession of illegal literature, but was quickly released.
The official version of Sergo’s death is a heart attack. Meanwhile, there is some evidence that Ordzhonikidze did not die a natural death.
Orphaned as a teenager, Grigory lived with relatives in Tiflis, where he graduated from the medical school at the Mikhailovskaya City Hospital. The training was not useless: Ordzhonikidze actually worked later as a paramedic, treating comrades in the revolutionary struggle.
In Tiflis, the young man became interested in popular socialist ideas at that time, and in 1903 became a member of the RSDLP. In 1904, he was first arrested for possession of illegal literature, but was quickly released.
Sergo Ordzhonikidze. 1936.
Photo by Ivan Shagin/RIA Novosti
Photo by Ivan Shagin/RIA Novosti
Thanks to this, he became an active participant in the first Russian revolution of 1905-1907 in Transcaucasia.
In 1907, "Comrade Sergo", once again arrested, was placed in the Bayil prison in Baku. There was a Bolshevik named "Koba" in the same cell with Sergo. Thus began the friendship of Sergo Ordzhonikidze and Joseph Stalin.
During the Civil War, Ordzhonikidze was nicknamed the "ram of the revolution": he was sent to the most "hot spots" to solve operational issues, and almost always "Comrade Sergo" coped with the tasks set.
In the early 1920s, Ordzhonikidze became the main supervisor of the establishment of Soviet power in Transcaucasia. Thanks to his will and energy, this task was successfully solved in a short time.
In 1932, Ordzhonikidze continued his activities as the first People's Commissar of heavy industry of the USSR.
He was in Tyumen in October 1936, when the first Ural-Siberian meeting of the Stakhanovites of the People's Commissariat of Heavy Engineering was held.
Ordzhonikidze, a loyal "Stalinist," was also alarmed by what was happening in the party. The increasing pressure on the "oppositionists", which resulted in the First Moscow trial in 1936, where the main defendants were Kamenev and Zinoviev also affected the industries that Ordzhonikidze supervised. He was not an oppositionist, just his inherent honesty and directness came into conflict with the era.
In February 1937, on the eve of the beginning of the period of mass terror, 50-year-old Sergo Ordzhonikidze died.
In 1907, "Comrade Sergo", once again arrested, was placed in the Bayil prison in Baku. There was a Bolshevik named "Koba" in the same cell with Sergo. Thus began the friendship of Sergo Ordzhonikidze and Joseph Stalin.
During the Civil War, Ordzhonikidze was nicknamed the "ram of the revolution": he was sent to the most "hot spots" to solve operational issues, and almost always "Comrade Sergo" coped with the tasks set.
In the early 1920s, Ordzhonikidze became the main supervisor of the establishment of Soviet power in Transcaucasia. Thanks to his will and energy, this task was successfully solved in a short time.
In 1932, Ordzhonikidze continued his activities as the first People's Commissar of heavy industry of the USSR.
He was in Tyumen in October 1936, when the first Ural-Siberian meeting of the Stakhanovites of the People's Commissariat of Heavy Engineering was held.
Ordzhonikidze, a loyal "Stalinist," was also alarmed by what was happening in the party. The increasing pressure on the "oppositionists", which resulted in the First Moscow trial in 1936, where the main defendants were Kamenev and Zinoviev also affected the industries that Ordzhonikidze supervised. He was not an oppositionist, just his inherent honesty and directness came into conflict with the era.
In February 1937, on the eve of the beginning of the period of mass terror, 50-year-old Sergo Ordzhonikidze died.
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