Solomon Mogilevsky

Solomon Grigorevich Mogilevsky (Russian: Соломо́н Григо́рьевич Могиле́вский; 1885 – March 22, 1925) headed the Soviet foreign intelligence service, the INO of the GPU, from 1921 until May 1922. He was then sent to head the GPU in the South Caucasus region,[1] where he was involved in the suppression of the 1924 August Uprising in the Georgian SSR. He died in a plane crash near Tiflis (Tbilisi)[2] in unclear circumstances.

  1. ^ Studies on the Soviet Union. Institute for the Study of the USSR. 1966. p. 77.
  2. ^ Rayfield, Donald (2005-03-31). Stalin and His Hangmen: An Authoritative Portrait of a Tyrant and Those Who Served Him. Penguin UK. pp. 335, 452. ISBN 978-0-14-191419-0.

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