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{{Infobox politician|name=Nikos Zachariadis|native_name=Νίκος Ζαχαριάδης|birth_date=27 April 1903|birth_place=Adrianople, [[Ottoman Empire]]|death_date=1 August 1973 (aged 70)|death_place=[[Surgut]], [[RSFSR]], [[USSR]]|death_cause=Suicide|political_orientation=[[Marxism-Leninism]]|political_party=[[Communist Party of Greece]]|image=Zachariadis.jpg}} | {{Infobox politician|name=Nikos Zachariadis|native_name=Νίκος Ζαχαριάδης|birth_date=27 April 1903|birth_place=Adrianople, [[Ottoman Empire]]|death_date=1 August 1973 (aged 70)|death_place=[[Surgut]], [[RSFSR]], [[USSR]]|death_cause=Suicide|political_orientation=[[Marxism-Leninism]]|political_party=[[Communist Party of Greece]]|image=Zachariadis.jpg}} | ||
'''Nikos Zachariadis''' (27 April 1903 – 1 August 1973) was a [[Hellenic Republic|Greek]] revolutionary who served as general secretary of the [[Communist Party of Greece]] from 1931 to 1956. He spent the duration of the [[Second World War]] in the Dachau | '''Nikos Zachariadis''' (27 April 1903 – 1 August 1973) was a [[Hellenic Republic|Greek]] revolutionary who served as general secretary of the [[Communist Party of Greece]] from 1931 to 1956. He spent the duration of the [[Second World War]] in the Dachau concentration camp until May 1945. He led the [[Democratic Army of Greece]] (DSE) in the [[Greek Civil War|Greek civil war]] (1946-1949). He was exiled in [[Siberia]] by [[Nikita Khrushchev]] due to his support for [[Joseph Stalin]] and his opposition to Khrushchev's [[revisionism]]. According to KGB archives he committed suicide in 1973, at age 70. The KKE fully rehabilitated Zachariadis in 2011 after changing their stance to oppose Khrushchev.{{Citation needed}} | ||
[[Category:1903 births]] | [[Category:1903 births]] | ||
[[Category:1973 deaths]] | [[Category:1973 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:General secretaries of the Communist Party of Greece]] | [[Category:General secretaries of the Communist Party of Greece]] | ||
[[Category:Greek politicians]] | [[Category:Greek politicians]] | ||
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Nikos Zachariadis Νίκος Ζαχαριάδης | |
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| Born | 27 April 1903 Adrianople, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1 August 1973 (aged 70) Surgut, RSFSR, USSR |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Political orientation | Marxism-Leninism |
| Political party | Communist Party of Greece |
Nikos Zachariadis (27 April 1903 – 1 August 1973) was a Greek revolutionary who served as general secretary of the Communist Party of Greece from 1931 to 1956. He spent the duration of the Second World War in the Dachau concentration camp until May 1945. He led the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) in the Greek civil war (1946-1949). He was exiled in Siberia by Nikita Khrushchev due to his support for Joseph Stalin and his opposition to Khrushchev's revisionism. According to KGB archives he committed suicide in 1973, at age 70. The KKE fully rehabilitated Zachariadis in 2011 after changing their stance to oppose Khrushchev.[citation needed]