Israel Leplevsky
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Israel Moiseevich Leplevsky (1894 - July 28 1938) was the head of the GPU
in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, then People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR from June 14, 1937 to January 25, 1938. His brother Gregory Leplevsky also worked in senior positions in the Soviet Union, including as Prosecutor of the USSR.
, Leplevsky was a member of the Jewish Labour Bund in 1910-1914. He received a home education and worked afterwards at Brest-Litovsk in a hat shop,and in a pharmacy warehouse.
In 1914 he was enrolled as a conscript in the army, where he served in the ranks on the Turkish front from October 1914 till June 1917.
. From June 1917 he was a member of the military organization of the RSDLP (Bolshevik)
in Yekaterinoslav
. Afterwards he made a career in the Soviet secret service, the GPU
, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, culminating in his appointment as People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR from June 14, 1937 to January 25, 1938.
He was arrested on April 26, 1938, and on 28 July he was shot according a sentence passed by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR.
State Political Directorate
The State Political Directorate was the secret police of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1934...
in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, then People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR from June 14, 1937 to January 25, 1938. His brother Gregory Leplevsky also worked in senior positions in the Soviet Union, including as Prosecutor of the USSR.
Early years
Born in Brest-LitovskBrest, Belarus
Brest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk , is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Bug River and Mukhavets rivers meet...
, Leplevsky was a member of the Jewish Labour Bund in 1910-1914. He received a home education and worked afterwards at Brest-Litovsk in a hat shop,and in a pharmacy warehouse.
In 1914 he was enrolled as a conscript in the army, where he served in the ranks on the Turkish front from October 1914 till June 1917.
Political career
In March 1917 Leplevsky became active in the Bolshevik party in TbilisiTbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
. From June 1917 he was a member of the military organization of the RSDLP (Bolshevik)
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party , also known as Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party or Russian Social Democratic Party, was a revolutionary socialist Russian political party formed in 1898 in Minsk to unite the various revolutionary organizations into one party...
in Yekaterinoslav
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
. Afterwards he made a career in the Soviet secret service, the GPU
State Political Directorate
The State Political Directorate was the secret police of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1934...
, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, culminating in his appointment as People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR from June 14, 1937 to January 25, 1938.
He was arrested on April 26, 1938, and on 28 July he was shot according a sentence passed by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR.