Aleksandr Uspensky

Aleksandr Uspensky
Александр Успенский
People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR
In office
25 January 1938 – 14 November 1938
Preceded byIsrael Leplevsky
Succeeded byAmayak Kobulov (acting)
Personal details
Born27 February 1902
Aleksinsky Uyezd, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 28, 1940 (aged 37)
Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet
Political partyCPSU (1920–1938)
Military service
AllegianceSoviet Union
Branch/serviceNKVD
Years of service1920–1938

Aleksandr Ivanovich Uspensky (Russian: Александр Иванович Успенский; 27 February 1902 – January 28, 1940) was a senior officer of the Cheka, the GPU and the NKVD. Uspensky was both a perpetrator and a victim of the Great Purge.