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Yakov VizelCaptain of State Security (1935), member of the RCP(b) since 1920.
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Content:
- Early Life and Education
- 1918: Fighter in the Red Guard detachment in Zhitomir
- 1921: Political instructor of the Novograd-Volynsky food detachment
- 1922: Political instructor of a sapper company in Bila Tserkva
- Commissioner of the Shepetivka District Department
- Arrest and Death
Early Life and Education
Born in Zhitomir, Ukraine, into a family of a bookkeeper, the subject first worked as an engraver at a factory from the age of 16. In February 1917, he joined the Jewish social-democratic party "Poalei Zion." He spent his youth in various military and educational roles, including:
1918: Fighter in the Red Guard detachment in Zhitomir
1919: Private in a rifle regiment on the Southern Front1919-1920: Cadet at the Military Engineering School in Samara
1922-1923: Studied at the Military-Pedagogical School in Kiev
Early Career in the Cheka
In November 1919, he became an assistant commissioner for the fight against banditry in the Samara Provincial Cheka. He held various positions in the Cheka, including:
1921: Political instructor of the Novograd-Volynsky food detachment
1921: Head of the department for the fight against banditry in the district Cheka
1922: Political instructor of a sapper company in Bila Tserkva
Career in the OGPUIn the spring of 1923, he transitioned to full-time work in the Cheka. He served in various positions within the OGPU, including:
Assistant commissioner of the Vologda Provincial Department of the OGPU
Commissioner of the Shepetivka District Department
Employee of the central apparatus of the GPU of the Ukrainian SSRHead of the Information Department of the GPU of the Ukrainian SSR
Career in the OGPU and NKVD
In 1928-1930, he worked in the OGPU under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR as an assistant head, head of department, assistant head of the Information Department and political control. From March 1930 to August 1931, he was the head of the Information and Secret-Political Department of the Plenipotentiary Representation of the OGPU in the Moscow Region.
From 1932 onwards, he served in the organs of the OGPU-NKVD in the Far Eastern Krai, including:
Head of the Special Departments of the Transbaikal and Primorsky Groups of Troops of the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army
Head of the Primorsky Oblast Department of the GPU-UNKVD and concurrently of the Special Department of the Maritime Forces of the Far East
Arrest and Death
In August 1937, he was arrested and died during the investigation after ingesting poison he had previously hidden.
