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Leon Gaikis
Soviet diplomat (1898–1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Leon Haikys, one of the pseudonyms of Ramón Mercader, who assassinated Leon Trotsky in 1940.
Leonid Yakovlevich Gaikis (Gaykis, Hajkis, Jaikis, Khaikis; 1898 — 21 August 1937) was a Soviet diplomat and the second Soviet ambassador to Spain, where he served during the Spanish Civil War. In 1937, he was recalled to Moscow, arrested and soon shot, as part of the Great Purge.
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Леонид Яковлевич Гайкис | |
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Born | 1898 (1898) |
Died | 21 August 1937 (aged 38–39) |
Citizenship | Russian, Soviet |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Title | Soviet ambassador to Spain |
Term | 1937 |
Predecessor | Marcel Rosenberg |
Successor | Sergey Aleksandrovich Bogomolov (1977) |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Spouse | Helena Gaikis |
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