Stanisław Pestkowski

While Joseph Stalin was the titular Commissar, in practice much of the work was delegated to Pestkovsky.

Originally the Petrograd Milrevkom, or Military Revolutionary Committee, blocked the formation of Pol'kom, a Polish Commissariat which Julian Leschinsky wished to set up.

Following the intervention of Stalin and Felix Dzerzhinsky, Milrevkom's obstruction was overcome and Pol'kom was established on 23 November 1917.

He was a delegate to the Second Congress of the Communist International held in August 1920.

[2] From 30 April 1919 to August 1920 Pestkowski was Secretary of the Kirghiz Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Stanisław Pestkowski. Photo made by NKVD, after his arrest in 1937