Abram Belenkiy Major of the State Security Service (1935). Member of the Bolshevik Party since 1902. Date of Birth: 01.01.1882 Country: Russia

1. Early Life and Revolutionary Activity
2. Return to Russia and Bolshevik Revolution
3. Protection of Lenin and Government Officials
4. Later Career and Arrest
5. Involvement in Alleged Plot
6. Execution and Rehabilitation

Early Life and Revolutionary Activity

Born in Belarus into a Jewish working-class family, Abram Belenky joined the Bolshevik Party in 1902. After his arrest and exile, he fled to France in 1904. In Paris, he worked as a cobbler and printer while continuing his revolutionary activities. He also attended the Bolshevik school in Longjumeau, where he met Lenin.

Return to Russia and Bolshevik Revolution

After the February Revolution in Russia, Belenky returned and became the manager of the Bolshevik Party's printing house. In December 1917, he joined the Cheka, the Soviet secret police, as a commissar and investigator. He was arrested by Left Socialist Revolutionaries in July 1918 along with Felix Dzerzhinsky.

Protection of Lenin and Government Officials

From 1919 to 1924, Belenky was responsible for Lenin's personal security. He also served as a member of the Cheka's Presidium and head of its Special Department, which protected party and government leaders. After the Cheka's reorganization into the GPU (later OGPU), Belenky continued to lead its Special Department until 1928.

Later Career and Arrest

From 1930 to 1936, Belenky held various high-ranking positions in the OGPU and its successor, the NKVD. In 1938, he was arrested for alleged anti-Soviet activities. After a brief imprisonment, he was released in 1940 but remained under investigation.

Involvement in Alleged Plot

In 1940, Belenky was accused of participating in a counter-revolutionary conspiracy within the NKVD. He was linked to former NKVD chief Genrikh Yagoda and other conspirators who had been executed. His family connections to Trotskyism also raised suspicions.

Execution and Rehabilitation

On July 7, 1941, Belenky was sentenced to death by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court. He was executed in October 1941 during the height of the Battle of Moscow. Belenky was rehabilitated in 1956, following the denunciation of Stalin's repressions.