Yevgenia Bosch

Yevgenia Bogdanovna Bosch (née Meisch; 3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1879 – 5 January 1925) was a Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary, politician, and member of the Soviet government in Ukraine during the revolutionary period in the early 20th century.

Yevgenia Bosch
Євгенія Бош
People's Secretary of Internal Affairs
In office
30 December 1917  1 March 1918
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byYuriy Kotsiubynsky
Chairwoman of the People's Secretariat (acting)
In office
30 December 1917  1 March 1918
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMykola Skrypnyk
Personal details
Born
Yevgenia Gotlibovna Meisch

3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1879
Ochakiv, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
(today Ukraine)
Died5 January 1925(1925-01-05) (aged 45)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(today Russia)
Political partyRSDLP (1901–1912)
VKP(b) (1912–1925)
Spouse(s)Peter Bosch
Georgy Pyatakov
Childrentwo daughters:
Olha Kotsyubynska
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Alma materVoznesensk Female Gymnasium (1903)
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Yevgenia Bosch is sometimes considered the first modern woman leader of a national government, having been Minister of Interior and the Acting Leader of the provisional Soviet government of Ukraine in 1917. For that reason she is also sometimes considered the first Prime Minister of independent Ukraine.

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