Israel Moiseevich Leplevsky (1894 - 28 July 1938) was the head of the GPU in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, then People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR from June 14, 1937 to January 25, 1938. His brother Gregory Leplevsky also worked in senior positions in the Soviet Union, including as Prosecutor of the USSR.
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<b>Original publications</b>: Газета «Красное Знамя» от 20 декабря 1937 года, Газета «Камчатская правда» № 283 от 18 декабря 1937 года<br><b>Immediate source</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.memo.ru/history/nkvd/kto/biogr/gb284.htm">http://www.memo.ru/history/nkvd/kto/biogr/gb284.htm</a>