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administrators who were to have a decisive influence in shaping the political development of the
state in the coming era.'
Civil War
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Kaganovich's Civil War involvement set the stage for his later rapid advancement in the
Soviet Union. After 1917, Kaganovich continued to participate in official Party meetings, such
as the 1918 Constituent Assembly where he was elected to serve as a deputy on the Bolshevik
list, and the 1918 III All-Russian Congress of Deputies where he was a delegate." Additionally,
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during the Civil War, Kaganovich was influential in "Nizhniy Novgorod, Voronezh, and
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Tashkent” where he worked as an agitator during the Civil War. In 1918, Kaganovich
oversaw the Red Terror in Nizhniy Novgorod, a role that was “a formative stage in his career."127
He was also a main proponent of militarizing the Party, and he was an articulate supporter of
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merging the Bolshevik Party and the Soviet state apparatus. Ultimately, Kaganovich's work as
an agitator and Party member was successful to the point that it was recognized by the Central
Committee; in 1920, the Central Committee sent Kaganovich to Turkestan to help aid their goal
of bringing the Civil War to an end by securing victory in the periphery territories. 129
Kaganovich played a vital role in securing victory in Turkestan during the Civil War. 130
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Rees, Iron lazar, 41.
125 Ibid, 14.
126 Ibid, 42.
127 Ibid, 38.
128 Ibid.
129 Ibid, 33.
130 Ibid, 38.
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