Yakov Blumkin

Yakov Blumkin
Blumkin's 1929 mugshot
Birth nameYakov Grigoryevich Blumkin
Born12 March [O.S. 27 February] 1900[1]
Odessa, Russian Empire
Died3 November 1929(1929-11-03) (aged 29)
Soviet Union
Service / branchCheka, OGPU
RankIntelligence officer

Yakov Grigoryevich Blumkin (Russian: Я́ков Григо́рьевич Блю́мкин; 12 March 1900 – 3 November 1929) was a Left Socialist-Revolutionary, a Bolshevik, and an agent of the Cheka and the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU).

  1. ^ Matonin, Yevgeny (2016). Яков Блюмкин: Ошибка резидента [Yakov Blumkin: The Secret Agent's Blunder]. Lives of Remarkable People (in Russian). p. 2.