Gleb Bokii
Gleb Bokii Гліб Бокій | |
|---|---|
| Head of the 9th Department of the GUGB of the NKVD | |
| In office December 25 1936 – May 16 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Head of the Special Department of the NKVD | |
| In office July 10 1934 – December 25 1936 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Head of the Special Department of the Cheka/GPU/OGPU | |
| In office January 28 1921 – July 10 1934 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Chief of Cheka of Petrograd city | |
| In office August 31 1918 – November 10 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Moisei Uritsky |
| Succeeded by | Varvara Yakovleva |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 June 1879 |
| Died | 15 November 1937 (aged 58) |
| Spouse(s) | Sofia Doller (Married in July 1905 and later divorced in 1919) Elena Dobryakova |
| Children | Elena, Oksana (from first marriage), Alla (from second marriage) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1937) |
| Branch/service | Cheka GPU OGPU NKVD |
| Years of service | 1918–1937 |
| Rank | Commissioner 3rd rank of State Security |
Gleb Ivanovich Bokii (Ukrainian: Гліб Іванович Бокій, Russian: Глеб Иванович Бокий; 21 June 1879 – 15 November 1937) was a Soviet Communist political activist, revolutionary, and paranormal investigator in the Russian Empire. Following the October Revolution of 1917, Bokii became a leading member of the Cheka, the first Soviet secret police, and later of the OGPU and NKVD.
From 1921 through 1934, Bokii (alternative transliteration, Boky) headed the "special department" of the Soviet secret police apparatus. He remained a top level functionary in the secret police apparatus until his sudden arrest in May 1937 as part of the Great Terror. Following an extended investigation, Bokii was given a summary trial and executed in November of that same year. In 1956, Bokii was posthumously rehabilitated by Soviet authorities.