Moisei Uritsky

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Moisei Uritsky
Моисей Урицкий
Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky
Chief of Cheka of Petrograd city
In office March 10, 1918 – August 30, 1918
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Gleb Bokii
People's Commissar of the North Commune
Personal details
Born	(1873-01-02)January 2, 1873 Cherkasy, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	August 30, 1918(1918-08-30) (aged 45) Petrograd, Russian SFSR
Political party	RSDLP (1898–1903) Mensheviks (1903–1917) RCP (1917–1918)
Alma mater	St. Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev (1897)
Occupation	Chekist, political activist, and politician
Profession	Lawyer

Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky (Ukrainian: Мойсей Соломонович Урицький; Russian: Моисей Соломонович Урицкий; 2 January [O.S. 14 January] 1873 – 30 August 1918) was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia. After the October Revolution, he was the chief of the Cheka secret police of the Petrograd Soviet. Uritsky was assassinated by Leonid Kannegisser, a military cadet, who was executed shortly afterwards.