Yakov Davydov
Soviet intelligence officer and diplomat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yakov Khristoforovich Davtyan (Davydov) (Armenian: Յակով Դավթյան (Դավիդով), Russian: Яков Христофорович Давтян (Давыдов); 10 October 1888 – 28 July 1938) was the first head of the Cheka's Foreign Department from 1921 to 1922, the first head of Soviet foreign intelligence and later a Soviet diplomat.[1]
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Yakov Davydov Яков Давыдов | |
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Head of the Cheka's Foreign Department | |
In office 1921–1922 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Yakov Khristoforovich Davtyan (Davydov) (1888-10-10)October 10, 1888 Nakhichivan Autonomous Republic, |
Died | July 28, 1938(1938-07-28) (aged 49) |
Nationality | Armenian |
Political party | RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1907–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1937) |
Spouse | Maria Maksakova Sr. |
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