Leonid Kannegisser | |
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 Kannegisser in 1918 | |
| Born | March 1896 Nikolaev, Russian Empire |
| Died | October 1918 (aged 22) Petrograd, Russian SFSR |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Allegiance | Imperial Russian Army |
| Service | Artillery |
| Years of service | 1913–1918 |
| Rank | Junker |
Leonid Joakimovich Kannegisser (Russian: Леони́д Иоаки́мович (Аки́мович) Кáннегисер, romanized: Leonid Ioakimovich (Akimovich) Kannegiser; March 1896 – October 1918) was a Russian poet and military cadet, known for assassinating Moisei Uritsky, chief of the Cheka in Petrograd, on 17 August 1918.[1]
- ^ Vitaliy Shentalinsky, "Crime without punishment", Progress-Pleyada, Moscow, 2007, ISBN 978-5-93006-033-1 (Russian: Виталий Шенталинский, "Преступление без наказания"), Chapter 2, Poet-terrorist. Link to text in Russian Journal