Vasiliy Ulrikh

Vasiliy Ulrikh
Vasiliy Ulrikh in 1924 as presiding judge, seated at the table, second from the right
Chairman of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union
In office 2 February 1926 – 25 August 1948
Preceded by	Valentin Trifonov
Succeeded by	Aleksandr Cheptsov
Personal details
Born	Vasiliy Vasilievich Ulrikh (1889-07-13)13 July 1889 Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died	7 May 1951(1951-05-07) (aged 61) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Soviet
Nationality	Russian
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Vasiliy Vasilievich Ulrikh (Russian: Василий Васильевич Ульрих; 13 July 1889 – 7 May 1951) was a senior judge of the Soviet Union during most of the regime of Joseph Stalin. Ulrikh served as the presiding judge at many of the major show trials of the Great Purges in the Soviet Union.