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Konstantin Gey | |
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Константин Гей | |
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia | |
In office 3 January 1930 – 18 January 1932 | |
Preceded by | Yan Gamarnik |
Succeeded by | Nikolai Gikalo |
Personal details | |
Born | 1896 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Died | 25 February 1939 Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union | (aged 42–43)
Resting place | Donskoye Cemetery |
Nationality | Soviet |
Political party | All-Union Communist Party (b) (1916-1937) |
Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Byelorussia |
Konstantin Veniaminovich Gey (Russian: Константи́н Вениами́нович Гей; 1896 – February 25, 1939) was a Russian Communist Party functionary of Estonian origin, a participant in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Soviet politician.[1][failed verification] Gey was instrumental in securing Soviet control in the city of Pskov and was a candidate member of the Bolshevik Central Committee from 1924 until 1934. He was arrested in 1938 and executed by shooting in 1939. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1956.