Yakov Davydov
Yakov Davydov Яков Давыдов | |
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Yakov Davtyan in Warsaw 1935 | |
| Head of the Cheka's Foreign Department | |
| In office November 12 1920 – January 20 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Ruben Katanyan |
| In office April 10 1921 – August 5 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Ruben Katanyan |
| Succeeded by | Solomon Mogilevsky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 10, 1888 |
| Died | July 28, 1938 (aged 49) |
| Party | RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1907–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1937) |
| Spouse | Maria 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.