Yan Gamarnik

Yan Gamarnik
Ян Гамарник
Gamarnik on a 1964 Soviet stamp
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia
In office
4 December 1928 – 3 January 1930
Preceded byVilgelm Knorinsh
Succeeded byKonstantin Gey
First Secretary of the Kyiv Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Bolsheviks)
In office
25 April 1921 – July 1923
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byHryhoriy Hrynko
Head of the Political Directorate of the Red Workers' and Peasants' Army
In office
1 October 1929 – 31 May 1937
PresidentKliment Voroshilov
Preceded byAndrei Bubnov
Succeeded byPyotr Smirnov
Full member of the 15th, 16th Orgburo
In office
17 November 1929 – 10 February 1934
Personal details
Born
Jakov Tzudikovich Gamarnik

14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1894
Zhytomyr, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire
Died31 May 1937(1937-05-31) (aged 42)
Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet
Political partyRussian Communist Party (1917–1937)
ChildrenViktoria Kochneva
Alma materSt Petersburg Psychoneurological Institute
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner (1928)
Order of Lenin (1933)
Signature
Military service
AllegianceSoviet Union
Branch/serviceArmy
Years of service1919–1937
RankArmy Commissar of 1st rank
Unit58th Rifle Division
CommandsArmy Political Administration (1929–37)

Yan Gamarnik (birth name Jakov Tzudikovich Gamarnik (Russian: Я́ков Цу́дикович Гама́рник)), sometimes known as Yakov Gamarnik (Russian: Я́ков Гама́рник; 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1894 – 31 May 1937), was the Chief of the Political Department of the Red Army from 1930 to 1937, Deputy Commissar of Defense 1930—1934 and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia 1928–1930.