Mikhail Trilisser
Mikhail Trilisser Михаил Трилиссер | |
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| Head of the Foreign Department of the GPU/OGPU | |
| In office May 13 1922 – October 27 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Solomon Mogilevsky |
| Succeeded by | Stanislav Messing |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1, 1883 |
| Died | February 2, 1940 (aged 56) |
| Party | Russian 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.