Complex sentence: Nikolay Ivanovich Pakhomov (December 1893, Taganrog-19 August 1938, Moscow) was People's Commissar of Water Transport from 13 March 1934 to 8 April 1938.
Split into simpler sentences: Nikolay Ivanovich Pakhomov (December 1893-19 August 1938) was a Soviet government official. He was People's Commissar of Water Transport from 13 March 1934 to 8 April 1938.