Yakov Yakovlev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yakov Yakovlev

Soviet politician

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1896

Place of Birth: Grodno, Belarus

Date of Death: 29-Jul-1938

Profession: politician, statesperson, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Yakov Arkadyevich Yakovlev (real name: Epstein; Russian: ?´??? ????´?????? ?´??????, 9 June 1896, Grodno - 29 July 1938) was a Soviet politician. Yakovlev was a Communist of Jewish family who joined the Bolsheviks in 1913.
In January 1923 he led the attack on Alexander Bogdanov, criticising him for being a Menshevik in Pravda.
From 1929 he served as People's Commissar for Agriculture for the forced collectivisation.
In 1936 he appeared as a witness in the first Moscow trial.
In 1937 he organized the Great Purge in Belarus.
In the following year he became a victim of the purges himself.
He was posthumously rehabilitated on 5 January 1957.