Background
Kurskii, Dmitrii was born in 1874.
Diplomat Revolutionary state security official
Kurskii, Dmitrii was born in 1874.
Graduated in law from Moscow University, 1900.
Took part in the 1905-1907 Revolution as a Bolshevik organizer. During the October Revolution, active in Odessa. Took part in the Civil War.
Minister of Justice, 1918, 1st Soviet State Prosecutor General. At the same time, highranking political commissar in the armed forces, 1919-1920. Soviet Ambassador to Italy, 1928.