1888 Grigory Sokolnikov was born
130 years ago, on August 15, 1888, Grigory Sokolnikov (Hirsch Brilliant), a Soviet party and statesman, People's Commissar for Finance in 1922-1926, was born, the author of the successful monetary reform of 1922-1924, which made it possible to defeat hyperinflation and stabilize the ruble exchange rate. Being a supporter of Trotsky, Sokolnikov was repeatedly repressed, and at the trial of the "Parallel Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center" in January 1937 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.