Martin Latsis
Martin Ivanovich Latsis (Russian: Мартын Иванович Лацис; Latvian: Mārtiņš Lācis; born Jānis Sudrabs; Russian: Ян Фридрихович Судрабс, romanized: Yan Fridrikhovich Sudrabs; December 14, 1888 – February 11, 1938) was a Latvian Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician, and senior state security officer of the Cheka from Courland (now Latvia).
Martin Latsis | |
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Мартын Лацис | |
Latsis in 1926 | |
| Chairman of the Red Army Cheka (Eastern Front) | |
| In office July 1918 – November 1918 | |
| Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Cheka | |
| In office April 2, 1919 – August 16, 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Isaak Shvarts |
| Succeeded by | Vasiliy Mantsev |
| Chairman of Cheka in Kiev Governorate | |
| In office August 1919 – September 1919 | |
| Director of Plekhanov Institute of People's Economy | |
| In office 1932–1937 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 16, 1888 Ragaini, Wenden County, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 20, 1938 (aged 49) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Political party | RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1905–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1937) |
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