Mikhail Trilisser

Mikhail Trilisser
Михаил Трилиссер
Head of the Foreign Department of the GPU/OGPU
In office
May 13 1922 – October 27 1929
Preceded bySolomon Mogilevsky
Succeeded byStanislav Messing
Personal details
BornApril 1, 1883
DiedFebruary 2, 1940(1940-02-02) (aged 56)
PartyRussian Communist Party (1918–1937)
Other political
affiliations
RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1901–1918)
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Mikhail Abramovich Trilisser (Russian: Ме́ер Абра́мович Трили́ссер; born Meier Abramovich Trilisser) (1 April 1883 – 2 February 1940), also known by the pseudonym Moskvin (Russian: Москви́н), was a chief of the Foreign Department of the Cheka, i.e. the State Political Directorate or GPU, and then the OGPU of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Later, he worked for the NKVD as a covert bureau chief and Comintern leader.