Yakov Davydov

Yakov Davydov
Яков Давыдов
Yakov Davtyan in Warsaw 1935
Head of the Cheka's Foreign Department
In office
November 12 1920 – January 20 1921
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byRuben Katanyan
In office
April 10 1921 – August 5 1921
Preceded byRuben Katanyan
Succeeded bySolomon Mogilevsky
Personal details
Born(1888-10-10)October 10, 1888
DiedJuly 28, 1938(1938-07-28) (aged 49)
PartyRSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1907–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1937)
SpouseMaria Maksakova Sr.
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Yakov Khristoforovich Davtyan (Davydov) (Armenian: Յակով Դավթյան (Դավիդով), Russian: Яков Христофорович Давтян (Давыдов); 10 October 1888 – 28 July 1938) was the first head of the Cheka's Foreign Department from 1921 to 1922, the first head of Soviet foreign intelligence and later a Soviet diplomat.