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Ivan Ksenofontovich Ksenofontov (August 29, 1884 – March 23, 1926) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and one of the founding fathers and leaders of the Soviet secret police and state security agency (Cheka, GPU and OGPU). He gained notoriety as Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Tribunal and later as First Deputy Chairman of the Cheka, the agency's "number two" under Felix Dzerzhinsky, where he played a decisive role in crushing various anti-Bolshevik factions and the Kronstadt uprising; an early supporter of Joseph Stalin, he was described as Stalin's "mole" in the security services.〔Michael Parrish Soviet Security and Intelligence Organizations: 1917 - 1990 ; a Biographical Dictionary, pp 219-220〕〔Moshe Lewin, The Soviet Century, pp 43-44〕 ==Biography== Born in Moscow, Ksenofontov came from a family of ethnic Pontic Greeks.〔Michael Parrish Soviet Security and Intelligence Organizations: 1917 - 1990 ; a Biographical Dictionary, pp 219-220〕 Not much is known about his childhood and education. One of the earliest members of the Bolsheviks, he joined them in 1903 upon their formation. From 1906-1909 he served in the 15 Rifle Regiment of the Imperial Russian Army, stationed in Latvia. After that, he did "party work", which included armed robberies, for which he was arrested. Released in 1914 upon the outbreak of World War I to serve again in the Army, he bravely fought in the frontlines and was one of the organizers of the Bolshevik committee of the Second Army of the Western Front.〔Great Soviet encyclopedia, Volume 13, p 534>〕 In 1917 he took part in the October Revolution and the seizure of political power by the Bolsheviks.〔Historical Abstracts: Modern history abstracts, 1775-1914, Volume 17, p 225〕 After the October Revolution of 1917 he was one of the creators of the Cheka,〔Historical Abstracts: Modern history abstracts, 1775-1914, Volume 17, p 225〕 and its vice-chairman, while at the same time chairman of the Special Tribunal of the Cheka and of the Supreme Tribunal of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. Ksenofontov took part in the liquidation of the Kronstadt anti-Soviet mutiny of 1921. Between 1921 and 1925 he was chargé d'affaires of the Central Committee of the Party and head of the OGPU Operations Department,〔Michael Parrish Soviet Security and Intelligence Organizations: 1917 - 1990 ; a Biographical Dictionary, pp 219-220〕 at the time heavily engaged against nationalist movements in the Caucasus and Muslim Basmachi guerrillas in Soviet Central Asia. At the same time, he was alleged to have set up the Party Control Office, to provide information to Stalin about the situation in the Party and the security agencies.〔Michael Parrish Soviet Security and Intelligence Organizations: 1917 - 1990 ; a Biographical Dictionary, pp 219-220〕〔Moshe Lewin, The Soviet Century, pp 43-44〕 Ksenofontov was often accused of torture, including hitting and raping women, although in other sources he was described as being polite and loving art.〔Walter Laqueur, Survey, Volume 21, pp 167-168〕 He was a delegate to the Tenth, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Party Congresses. He was also elected a member of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. Suffering from stomach cancer which caused him excruciating pain, he died in 1926, aged 42. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ivan Ksenofontov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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