Moisei Uritsky
Moisei Uritsky | |
|---|---|
| Моисей Урицкий | |
Portrait by Moisei Nappelbaum, 1918 | |
| Chief of Cheka of Petrograd city | |
| In office March 10, 1918 – August 30, 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Gleb Bokii |
| People's Commissar of the North Commune | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 2, 1873 Cherkasy, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | August 30, 1918 (aged 45) Petrograd, Russian SFSR |
| Political party | RSDLP (1898–1903) Mensheviks (1903–1917) RCP (1917–1918) |
| Alma mater | St. Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev (1897) |
| Occupation | Chekist, political activist, and politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky (Ukrainian: Мойсей Соломонович Урицький; Russian: Моисей Соломонович Урицкий; 2 January [O.S. 14 January] 1873 – 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 chief of the Cheka secret police of the Petrograd Soviet. Uritsky was assassinated by Leonid Kannegisser, a military cadet, who was executed shortly afterwards.