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.
Communist Bund (Ukraine) The Communist Bund ("Kombund") was a Jewish Communist political party in Ukraine and Bielorussia, formed after a split in the General Jewish Labour Bund ("Bund"). In late 1918 Bund branches in cities like Bobruisk, Ekaterinoburg and Odessa formed 'leftwing Bund groups'. In February 1919 these groups (representing the majority in Ukrainian Bund movement) adopted the name 'Communist Bund', constituting themselves as an independent party of the Jewish proletariat. The "Kombund" supported Jewish national autonomy. The Communist Bund supported the Soviet side in the Russian Civil War.