Aleksandr Uspensky | |
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Александр Успенский | |
People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR | |
In office 25 January 1938 – 14 November 1938 | |
Preceded by | Israel Leplevsky |
Succeeded by | Amayak Kobulov (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 February 1902 Aleksinsky Uyezd, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | January 28, 1940 (aged 37) Moscow, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Soviet |
Political party | CPSU (1920–1938) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Branch/service | NKVD |
Years of service | 1920–1938 |
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.