Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich

Soviet Union state institutions Left critics 1884–1918.7.8. ✕ Shot

Cheka deputy chairman who arrested Dzerzhinsky and was shot when the revolt failed

Born Pyotr Dmitrievsky, he went through the SR underground, arrest and emigration to become a member of the Left SR Central Committee. In January 1918 he became deputy chairman of the Cheka. On 6 July he stamped Blumkin's credentials with the Cheka seal, disarmed and arrested Dzerzhinsky at the Morozov mansion and seized Latsis at the Lubyanka. Caught at the Kursk station after the suppression, he refused to answer questions and was shot on 8 July.

Also known as: Pyotr Dmitrievsky