Which faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party did Nikolai Krivoruchko join?
Nikolai Krivoruchko Nikolai Nikolayevich Krivoruchko (Russian, Николай Николаевич Криворучко, December 6, 1887 – August 19, 1938) was a Soviet Komkor (corps commander). He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on February 21, 1938 and later executed.
Constitutional Democratic Party The Constitutional Democratic Party (Russian: Конституционно-демократическая партия "Konstitutsionno-Demokraticheskaya Partiya" ), also called Constitutional Democrats, formally Party of People's Freedom, was a liberal political party in the Russian Empire, encompassing constitutional monarchists and right-wing republicans. Party members were called Kadets (or Cadets), from the abbreviation K-D of the party name (Конституционная Демократическая партия in Russian). Konstantin Kavelin's and Boris Chicherin's writings formed the theoretical basis of the party's platform. Historian Pavel Miliukov was the party's leader throughout its existence.