Peters Yakov Khristoforovich

Definition: Authorized Cheka for Turkestan.
Years of life: 1886–1938
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Genus. 12/03/1886 in the Brinken volost of the Gazenpot district of the Courland province. In 1909 he emigrated to London. He was a member of the British Socialist Party and the Communist Club. Arrested in connection with the Siege of Sydney Street in early January 1911, but released after 5 months in prison due to lack of evidence. In 1917 he came to Petrograd. Member of the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee. In the October days of 1917, he was a member of the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee. Prepared military units for the October Revolution.
After the October Revolution - member of the board and deputy chairman of the Cheka, chairman of the Revolutionary Tribunal. On July 23, 1918, by order of Peters, the workers who participated in the All-Russian Labor Congress were arrested. Participated in uncovering the Lockhart conspiracy, led the liquidation of the Left Socialist Revolutionary revolt of 1918. In 1919, head of the internal defense of Petrograd, organizer of mass terror in the city. In August 1919, commandant of the fortified area in Kyiv. Winter 1919-1920 worked in Moscow as deputy chairman of the Special Committee of the STO for the implementation of martial law on the railways. In January 1920 - Plenipotentiary Representative of the Cheka in the North Caucasus, Commissioner of the North Caucasus Railway.
In 1920-1922 member of the Turkestan Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b), plenipotentiary representative of the Cheka in Turkestan and head of the Tashkent Cheka. He led operations against the anti-Bolshevik formations of Dutov, Annenkov, and Enver Pasha.
In May 1921, he met in Tashkent a friend from London, F.A. Rothstein, who was appointed plenipotentiary envoy to Persia and accompanied him to Persia with an armed detachment of security officers.
In the summer of 1921, by order of Peters, Prof. P.P. Sitkovsky and all the doctors of the Sitkovsky clinic on charges of sabotage. Peters decided to make the trial a show and he himself acted as a public prosecutor at the trial.
In February 1922, Peters was recalled to Moscow and appointed a member of the Collegium and head of the Eastern Department of the GPU, created on June 2, 1922. The new department was charged with developing materials from the foreign part of the INO from the countries of the East; the execution of operational tasks of the eastern department was mandatory for the INO. The branches in the Eastern Department were led by Peters' deputy Vladimir Styrne, Eichmans and Mikhail Kazas. While working in the Eastern Department, Peters in 1925 was also the chief inspector of the OGPU border troops. On the 10th anniversary of the Cheka in December 1927, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
10/31/1929 J. X. Peters was relieved of his duties as a member of the Collegium and head of the Eastern Department of the OGPU. His KGB career formally ended here, although Peters continued to work in control bodies.
At the end of 1929, Peters headed a commission to purge employees of institutions of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Of the 259 academicians and corresponding members, 71 were expelled, mostly scientists in the humanities. Many of them were arrested in the so-called “academic case.” The investigation into this case lasted for more than a year. The OGPU accused 70-year-old academician S.F. Platonov and his associates of intending to overthrow Soviet power and form a Provisional Government with the subsequent restoration of the monarchy in Russia.
Since 1930, Peters has been a member of the Presidium of the Central Control Commission-NRKI. In 1930-1934 - Chairman of the Moscow Control Commission of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Arrested 11/27/1937. Shot on April 25, 1938 at Kommunarka. In 1956 he was posthumously completely rehabilitated.
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Fund 017 (К-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Дектер Яков Иванович
21. Record of interrogation of Dekter Ya.I. from 02/07/1938.
30 листов, 30 изображений, электронная копия, файл (присоединённый)
1937
Fund 017 (К-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Дектер Яков Иванович
21. Record of interrogation of Dekter Ya.I. from 02/07/1938.
Record of interrogation of Dekter Ya.I. dated February 7, 1938 , pdf
30 листов, 30 изображений, электронная копия, файл (присоединённый)
Alksnis Yakov Ivanovich, Antipov, Auzan (Auzen) Petr Karlovich, Barda Petr Andreevich, Bake (Beiko? Beika?), Berzin Pavel, Bernovsky Fritz Ivanovich, Birkan Jan Augustovich, Brentsis Ivan Ivanovich, Brentsis Pavel Ivanovich, Weinbaum Zhan Yanovich, Vizbor Iosif Ivanovich, Voroshilov Kliment Efremovich, Vul Leonid (Leonty) Davidovich (Davydovich), Vyban Alber Ivanovich, Gailis Karl Andreevich, Hermann, Grasis Karl Janovich, Grikman Theodor Karlovich, Danishevsky Karl Christianovich, Dekter Yakov Ivanovich, Dinoberg Fritz, Dombrovsky Karl Khristoforovich, Yezhov Nikolay Ivanovich, Zhdanov Andrey Alexandrovich, Zhukov, Zarin Arnold Khristianovich, Zeibot, Zeminsky (Ziminsky) Ivan (Jean) Ivanovich, Kaganovich Lazar Moiseevich, Kaktynya (Kaktyn) Artur, Karklin Robert, Kilevits, Cronin Artur Karlovich, Lapin, Latsis Alfred Yanovich, Latsis Jan Petrovich, Legrand Jan Friedrichovich, Lenin (Ulyanov) Vladimir Ilyich, Lepe Ivan Ivanovich, Matson, Meren Georgy, Meren Georgy, Milais Arnold Fritsevich, Milyais Pavel Ivanovich, Molotov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, Ozol Karl Ivanovich, Oppe Nikolai Karpovich, Ordzhonikidze Grigory Konstantinovich (Sergo), Ashley, Penkovsky Konstantin Ivanovich, Peters Yakov Khristoforovich, Peters Yakov Khristoforovich, Porin Edward Genrikhovich (according to other sources - Eduard Karlovich), Prokofiev Ivan Prokofievich, Pukke Robert Janovich, Raneslanz (Raneelants?), Rosengolts Arkady Pavlovich, Rosenthal Karl, Rubashevsky Albert Martynovich, Rudzutak Yan Ernestovich, Rykov Alexey Ivanovich, Salyn, Sausin Ivan Ivanovich, Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich, Strot Georgy, Sulimov Daniil Egorovich, Treer Karl Khristoforovich, Trotsky Lev Davidovich, Tsyrul' (Tsyrul') Fritz Yanovich, Chubar Vlas Yakovlevich, Strauss Wilhelm Hansovich, Eideman (Eidemanis) Robert Petrovich
1937
Fund 017 (К-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Дектер Яков Иванович
24. Record of interrogation of Dekter Ya.I. from 02/07/1938.
Record of interrogation of Dekter Ya.I. dated February 7, 1938 , pdf
19 листов, 19 изображений, электронная копия, файл (присоединённый)
Alksnis Yakov Ivanovich, Antipov, Auzan (Auzen) Petr Karlovich, Barda Petr Andreevich, Bake (Beiko? Beika?), Berzin Pavel, Bernovsky Fritz Ivanovich, Birkan Jan Augustovich, Brentsis Ivan Ivanovich, Brentsis Pavel Ivanovich, Weinbaum Zhan Yanovich, Vizbor Iosif Ivanovich, Voroshilov Kliment Efremovich, Vul Leonid (Leonty) Davidovich (Davydovich), Vyban Alber Ivanovich, Gailis Karl Andreevich, Hermann, Grasis Karl Janovich, Grikman Theodor Karlovich, Danishevsky Karl Christianovich, Dekter Yakov Ivanovich, Dinsberg Fritz Fritsevich, Dombrovsky Karl Khristoforovich, Yezhov Nikolay Ivanovich, Zhdanov Andrey Alexandrovich, Zhukov, Zarin Arnold Khristianovich, Zeibot, Zeminsky (Ziminsky) Ivan (Jean) Ivanovich, Kaganovich Lazar Moiseevich, Kaktynya (Kaktyn) Artur, Karklin Robert, Kilevits, Kirov Sergey Mironovich, Cronin Artur Karlovich, Lapin, Latsis Alfred Yanovich, Latsis Jan Petrovich, Legrand Jan Friedrichovich, Lenin (Ulyanov) Vladimir Ilyich, Lepe Ivan Ivanovich, Lyubimov, Matson, Meren Georgy, Milais Arnold Fritsevich, Milyais Pavel Ivanovich, Molotov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, Ozol Karl Ivanovich, Oppe Nikolai Karpovich, Ordzhonikidze Grigory Konstantinovich (Sergo), Ashley, Penkovsky Konstantin Ivanovich, Peters Yakov Khristoforovich, Porin Edward Genrikhovich (according to other sources - Eduard Karlovich), Postel Arkady (Aron) Osipovich, Prokofiev Ivan Prokofievich, Pukke Robert Janovich, Raneslanz (Raneelants?), Rosenthal Karl, Rubashevsky Albert Martynovich, Rudzutak Yan Ernestovich, Salyn, Sausin Ivan Ivanovich, Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich, Strot Georgy, Treer Karl Khristoforovich, Trotsky Lev Davidovich, Tsyrul' (Tsyrul') Fritz Yanovich, Chubar Vlas Yakovlevich, Steingardt Wilhelm Khristyanovich, Strauss Wilhelm Hansovich, Eideman (Eidemanis) Robert Petrovich
1938
Fund 017 (К-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Дектер Яков Иванович
70. Certificate of the assistant military prosecutor of the Moscow Military District Baburov dated 04/14/1955 on the verification of the materials of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office on verification of the testimony of the former head of the 3rd department of the UGB UNKVD MO Postel A.S., given by him in 1939
2 листа, 2 изображения, электронная копия
Alksnis Yakov Ivanovich, Ankudinov, Apin Ivan Andreevich, Baburov, Barda Petr Andreevich, Bernovsky Fritz Ivanovich, Zaslavsky, Kaverznev Mikhail Kirillovich, Kolesov, Latsis Jan Petrovich, Markaryants, Peters Yakov Khristoforovich, Postel Arkady (Aron) Osipovich, Rudzutak Yan Ernestovich, Sobolev, Soln, Fedorov
1955