Moisei Uritsky

Common card · No. 372008

Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky (Ukrainian: Мойсей Соломонович Урицький; Russian: Моисей Соломонович Урицкий; 2 January 1873 [O.S. 21 December 1872] – 30 August 1918), also known by his pen-name Boretsky (Russian: Борецкий), was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia. After the October Revolution, he was the head of the Petrograd Cheka from January 1918 until his death on 30 August 1918. Uritsky was assassinated by Leonid Kannegisser, a military cadet, who was executed shortly afterwards.

Read on Wikipedia · Image Moisei Solomonovich Nappelbaum, Public domain