Jan Anvelt Yanovich

Jan Anvelt Yanovich (18.4.1884, d Orgu Fellinskogo County Lifdyandskoy province - 11.12.1937), party activist. The son of a peasant. Educated in Yuryevskaya Teachers 'Seminary (1905), Faculty of Law, St. Petersburg University (1912) and 2 Petrograd artillery officers' courses (1918). In 1905-07 worked as a teacher, from 1912 assistant barrister. In 1907 joined RSDLP (b), one of the leaders of the Bolshevik organization in the province of Estonia. Active participant of the October Revolution in Estonia, before. Narva temporary revolutionary committee and a member of Revel and the North-Baltic committees RSDLP (b). Since October. 1917 members of the Military Revolutionary Committee, and before. Executive Committee of Soviets Estland edge. On Feb.. 1918 military commissar of the North-West region, from April. 1918 People's Commissar for Nationalities Affairs of the Northern Region. On Nov.. 1918 Head. Military Department of the Estonian Working People's Commune. Since December. 1918 Commissar infantry divisions. Since August. 1919 Member Zagranbyuro Estland Bureau of the Communist Party. Since October. 1919 Commissioner's army group. On Feb.. 1920 to Feb.. Early 1921. Petrograd fortified area. Simultaneously, since 1920 a member of the CPCC Estonia. In 1921-25 one of the leaders of the communist underground in Estonia and the revolt 01/12/1924. In 1925, for making TSK is back in the USSR. In 1926-29 Commissioner Air Force Academy behalf of Zhukovsky (Moscow). In 1929-35 Deputy. beg., beginning. General Administration of Civil Fleet. Delegate XIV-XVI Congress of the CPSU (b), 7 th and 8-rc "Congress of the Comintern. In 1935-37 and a member of the executive secretary of the International Control Commission of the Comintern. In 1937, arrested. Sentenced to death. Shot. He was posthumously rehabilitated.