Jēkabs Peterss
Jēkabs Peterss | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Chief of the Cheka | |
| In office 20 December 1917 – 7 July 1918 | |
| Prime Minister | Vladimir Lenin |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| In office August 22 1918 – 27 March 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Ksenofontov |
| Acting Chief of the Cheka | |
| In office July 7 – 22 August 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Felix Dzerzhinsky |
| Succeeded by | Felix Dzerzhinsky |
| Chief of Petrograd Defense | |
| In office March 1919 – August 1919 | |
| Chief of Kiev Defense | |
| In office August 1919 – August 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Chief of Tashkent Cheka | |
| In office 1920–1926 | |
| Chief of East Department of the GPU/OGPU | |
| In office 2 June 1922 – 31 October 1929 | |
| Chairman of Moscow Control Commission of Party | |
| In office 1930–1934 | |
| Prime Minister | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 November [O.S. 3 December] 1886 |
| Died | 25 April 1938 (aged 51) |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire (1886–1917) Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1938) |
| Party | All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1917–1937) |
| Other political affiliations | Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party (1904–1917) Communist Party of Latvia (1909–1917) British Socialist Party (1909–1917) |
| Spouse | May Freeman (m 1910s-1917) |
| Children | Maisie (daughter) |
| Alma mater | none |
| Profession | Statesman and revolutionary |
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Jēkabs Peterss (Russian: Я́ков Христофо́рович Пе́терс, Yakov Khristoforovich Peters, English: Jacob Peters; 3 December [O.S. 21 November] 1886 – 25 April 1938) was a Latvian Communist revolutionary and politician who played a part in the establishment of the Soviet Union. Together with Felix Dzerzhinsky, he was one of the founders and chiefs of the Cheka, the secret police of Soviet Russia. He was the Deputy Chairman of the Cheka from 1918 and briefly the acting Chairman of the Cheka from 7 July to 22 August 1918.