Izrail Leplevsky

Izrail Moiseyevich Leplevsky (Russian: Израиль Моисеевич Леплевский; 1894 - July 28, 1938) was the head of the GPU. He was part of the Intelligence Service and Secret police apparatus in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, then People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR from June 14, 1937 to January 25, 1938. His brother Gregory Leplevsky also worked in senior positions in the Soviet Union, including as Prosecutor of the USSR.[1]

Izrail Leplevsky
Izrail Lepelevsky
Born1894
Brest-Litovsk, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire
Died(1938-07-28)July 28, 1938
Moscow, Soviet Union
Political partyRussian Communist Party (1917–1938)
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Early years

Born into a Jewish family in Brest-Litovsk, Grodno Governorate, Leplevsky received a home education and worked afterwards in a hat shop, and in a pharmacy warehouse. In 1914 he was enrolled as a conscript in the Russian army and served on the Turkish front from October 1914 till June 1917.

Political career

In March 1917, Leplevsky became active in the Bolshevik party in Tbilisi. From June 1917 he was a member of the military organization of the RSDLP (Bolshevik) in Yekaterinoslav. Afterwards he made a career in the Soviet secret service, the GPU, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, culminating in his appointment as People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR from June 14, 1937 to January 25, 1938. During this period he was in charge of mass repressions in Ukraine. He established the plan for the elimination of the enemies of the people and was responsible for the death of more than 63.950 people.

He was arrested on April 26, 1938, and on 28 July he was shot according to a sentence passed by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR.[2]

Political offices
Preceded by
Leonid Zakovsky		 People Commissariat of Internal Affairs of Belarus
1934–1936		 Succeeded by
Georgy Molchanov
Preceded by
Vasiliy Ivanov		 People Commissariat of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
1937–1938		 Succeeded by
Alexander Ivanovich Uspensky

References
  1. "Leplevski, Israel Moiseevich. Biography (Russian)". www.hrono.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  2. "Leplevsky Israel Moiseevich // Who led the NKVD: 1934-1941. Reference book / N. V. Petrov, K. V. Skorkin; edited by N. G. Okhotin and A. B. Roginsky. - Electronic version of the publication. - M., 1999".
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