Jēkabs Peterss
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Jēkabs Peterss (Russian: Я́ков Христофо́рович Пе́терс, Yakov Khristoforovich Peters, English: Jacob Peters; 3 December [O.S. 21 November] 1886 – 25 April 1938) was a Latvian Communist revolutionary who played a part in the establishment of the Soviet Union. Together with Felix Dzerzhinsky, he was one of the founders and chiefs of the Cheka, the secret police of the Soviet Russia. He was the Deputy Chairman of the Cheka from 1918 and briefly the acting Chairman of the Cheka from 7 July to 22 August 1918.
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Quick Facts 1st Deputy Chief of Soviet State Security, Prime Minister ...
Jēkabs Peterss | |
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1st Deputy Chief of Soviet State Security | |
In office December 1917 – March 1919 | |
Prime Minister | Vladimir Lenin |
Preceded by | position created |
Succeeded by | Ivan Ksenofontov |
Chief of Petrograd Defense | |
In office March 1919 – August 1919 | |
Prime Minister | Vladimir Lenin |
Chief of Kiev Defense | |
In office August 1919 – August 1919 | |
Prime Minister | Vladimir Lenin |
Chief of Tashkent Cheka | |
In office 1920–1926 | |
Prime Minister | Vladimir Lenin |
1st Chief of East Department of GPU | |
In office 2 June 1922 – 31 October 1929 | |
Prime Minister | Vladimir Lenin Aleksei Rykov |
Preceded by | position created |
Chairman of Moscow Control Commission of Party | |
In office 1930–1934 | |
Prime Minister | Vyacheslav Molotov |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 November [O.S. 3 December] 1886 Brinken district, Kreis Hasenpoth, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 25 April 1938 (aged 51) Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union |
Citizenship | Russia, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Latvian |
Political party | SDLK (1904-38) |
Spouse | May Freeman (m 1910s-1917) |
Children | Maisie (daughter) |
Alma mater | none |
Profession | Statesman and revolutionary |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Russia, Soviet Union |
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