Yakov Peters
Deceased Person
1886 – 1938
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Who was Yakov Peters?
Yakov Khristoforovich Peters was a Latvian Communist revolutionary, Soviet politician, chekist, and terrorist. Together with Feliks Dzerzhinsky, he was one of the founders and chiefs of the Cheka. 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.
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- Born
- 1886
Aizpute - Nationality
- Russia
- Soviet Union
- Died
- 1938
Moscow Oblast
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on July 23, 2013
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