Mykola Oleksiyovych Skrypnyk (Ukrainian: ?????? ??????????? ????????, also known in Russian as Nikolai Alekseevich Skripnik, 25 January [O.S.
13 January], 1872 – 7 July 1933) was a Ukrainian Communist leader who was a proponent of the Ukrainian Republic's independence, and led the cultural Ukrainization effort in Soviet Ukraine.
When the policy was reversed and he was removed from his position, he committed suicide rather than be forced to recant his policies in a show trial.
He also was the Head of the Ukrainian People's Commissariat, the post of the today's Prime-Minister.