Jēkabs Peterss

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 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 the 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.

Jēkabs Peterss
1st Deputy Chief of Soviet State Security
In office
December 1917 – March 1919
Prime MinisterVladimir Lenin
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byIvan Ksenofontov
Chief of Petrograd Defense
In office
March 1919 – August 1919
Prime MinisterVladimir Lenin
Chief of Kiev Defense
In office
August 1919 – August 1919
Prime MinisterVladimir Lenin
Chief of Tashkent Cheka
In office
1920–1926
Prime MinisterVladimir Lenin
1st Chief of East Department of GPU
In office
2 June 1922 – 31 October 1929
Prime MinisterVladimir Lenin
Aleksei Rykov
Preceded byposition created
Chairman of Moscow Control Commission of Party
In office
1930–1934
Prime MinisterVyacheslav Molotov
Personal details
Born21 November [O.S. 3 December] 1886
Brinken district, Kreis Hasenpoth, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire
Died25 April 1938 (aged 51)
Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
CitizenshipRussia, Soviet Union
NationalityLatvian
Political partySDLK (1904-38)
SpouseMay Freeman (m 1910s-1917)
ChildrenMaisie (daughter)
Alma maternone
ProfessionStatesman and revolutionary
Military service
AllegianceRussia, Soviet Union
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