Moisei Uritsky

Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky (Ukrainian: Мойсей Соломонович Урицький; Russian: Моисей Соломонович Урицкий; 2 January [O.S. 14 January] 1873 30 August 1918) was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia. After the October Revolution, he was the chief of the Cheka secret police of the Petrograd Soviet. Uritsky was assassinated by Leonid Kannegisser, a military cadet, who was executed shortly afterwards.

Moisei Uritsky
Моисей Урицкий
Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky
Chief of Cheka of Petrograd city
In office
March 10, 1918  August 30, 1918
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byGleb Bokii
People's Commissar of the North Commune
Personal details
Born(1873-01-02)January 2, 1873
Cherkasy, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedAugust 30, 1918(1918-08-30) (aged 45)
Petrograd, Russian SFSR
Political partyRSDLP (1898–1903)
Mensheviks (1903–1917)
RCP (1917–1918)
Alma materSt. Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev (1897)
OccupationChekist, political activist, and politician
ProfessionLawyer
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