Yan Gamarnik

Chief of the Political Department

Jakov Tzudikovich Gamarnik June 14O.S. June 1894 Zhytomyr, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire

May 31, 1937(1937-05-31) (42) Moscow, Soviet Union

4 December 1928 – 3 January 1930

Soviet general (1894–1937) Yan Gamarnik (birth name Jakov Tzudikovich Gamarnik (Russian: Я́ков Цу́дикович Гама́рник ), sometimes known as Yakov Gamarnik (Russian: Я́ков Гама́рник ) (June 14  1894 — May 31, 1937) was the Chief of the Political Department of the Red Army from 1930—1937, Deputy Commissar of Defense 1930—1934 and Supreme Commissar of Belarus 1928—1929.