Nikolai Kondratiev 1892 – 1938

Biography

Nikolai Kondratiev was born on March 16, 1892, in the village of Galuevskaya, during a time of significant change in Russia. He devoted his life to economic study and analysis, becoming a prominent Soviet economist whose work contributed to scholarly understanding of economic systems and cycles. His career spanned a formative period in Soviet history, during which he engaged deeply with the intellectual currents of his era.

On September 17, 1938, Kondratiev’s life was cut short by execution at the Kommunarka shooting ground. He was laid to rest at the same location in Sosenskoye, Soviet Union. His death occurred during a turbulent chapter in Soviet history marked by political upheaval and loss of life among intellectuals and professionals.

Kondratiev’s legacy endures as part of the historical record of Soviet economics and scholarship. Though his life was tragically brief, his contributions to economic thought remain part of the broader conversation about this pivotal period in twentieth-century history.