Yakov Davydov

Yakov Davydov
Яков Давыдов
Yakov Davtyan in Warsaw 1935
Head of the Cheka's Foreign Department
In office
1921–1922
Personal details
Born
Yakov Khristoforovich Davtyan (Davydov)

(1888-10-10)October 10, 1888
Nakhichivan Autonomous Republic,
DiedJuly 28, 1938(1938-07-28) (aged 49)
NationalityArmenian
Political partyRSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1907–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1937)
SpouseMaria Maksakova Sr.

Yakov Khristoforovich Davtyan (Davydov) (Armenian: Յակով Դավթյան (Դավիդով), Russian: Яков Христофорович Давтян (Давыдов); 10 October 1888 – 28 July 1938) was the first head of the Cheka's Foreign Department from 1921 to 1922, the first head of Soviet foreign intelligence and later a Soviet diplomat.[1]

  1. ^ "Armenian trace in intelligence". Archived from the original on 2007-10-06.