Leon Gaikis

Leon Gaikis
Леонид Яковлевич Гайкис
Born1898 (1898)
Died21 August 1937 (aged 38–39)
CitizenshipRussian, Soviet
OccupationDiplomat
TitleSoviet ambassador to Spain
Term1937
PredecessorMarcel Rosenberg
SuccessorSergey Aleksandrovich Bogomolov (1977)
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
SpouseHelena Gaikis

Leonid Yakovlevich Gaikis (Gaykis, Hajkis, Jaikis, Khaikis; 1898 — 21 August 1937) was a Soviet diplomat and the second Soviet ambassador to Spain, where he served during the Spanish Civil War. In 1937, he was recalled to Moscow, arrested and soon shot, as part of the Great Purge.