Izrail Leplevsky

Izrail Leplevsky
Izrail Lepelevsky
People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR
In office 14 June 1937 – 25 January 1938
Preceded by	Vsevolod Balitsky
Succeeded by	Alexander Uspensky
People's Commissar of International Affairs of the Byelorussian SSR
In office 10 December 1934 – 28 November 1936
Preceded by	Leonid Zakovsky
Succeeded by	Georgy Molchanov
Personal details
Born	1894 (1894) Brest-Litovsk, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	July 28, 1938(1938-07-28) (aged 43–44) Moscow, Soviet Union
Cause of death	Execution
Political party	Russian Communist Party (1917–1938)
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Izrail Moiseyevich Leplevsky (Russian: Израиль Моисеевич Леплевский; 1894 – July 28, 1938) was a Soviet security officer. He was part of the Intelligence Service and Secret police apparatus in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, then People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR from June 14, 1937 to January 25, 1938. His brother Gregory Leplevsky also worked in senior positions in the Soviet Union, including as Prosecutor of the USSR.^[1]