GAYKIS Leonid Yakovlevich

Gaykis Leonid Yakovlevich (1898-1937), diplomat. In 1921 joined the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs (NCID). In 1921 - 2.1 Secretary of the Russo-Ukrainian-Belarusian delegation in the mixed border of the Soviet-Polish commission. In 1922-23 he worked in the central apparatus NCID. In 1923-24 Secretary of the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs GV. Chicherin. In 1924-28 1 st Secretary, Charge d'Affaires in Mexico, both in 1926-27 and served. Post trade representative. In 1929-33 he worked in the system Profintern, and in 1933-35 - again in the central apparatus NCID. In 1935-36 consul general in Istanbul. In 1936 Spain sent to counselor of the embassy, in 1937 Ambassador to Spain. One of the main Republican political consultant government, an active conductor policy I.V. Stalin in the region. In 1937, recalled to Moscow and arrested. Sentenced to death. Shot. He was posthumously rehabilitated.