Pyotr Voykov
Pyotr Voykov | |
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Пётр Войков | |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Soviet Union to Poland | |
| In office November 8, 1924 – June 7, 1927 | |
| Preceded by | Leonid Obolensky |
| Succeeded by | Dmitry Bogomolov |
| Chairman of the Yekaterinburg City Duma | |
| In office December 2, 1917 – July 26, 1918 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pyotr Lazarevich Voykov August 13, 1888 Kerch, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | June 7, 1927 (aged 38) Warsaw, Poland |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow |
| Nationality | Russian, Soviet |
| Political party | RSDLP (Menshevik) RSDLP (Bolsheviks) Communist Party |
| Spouse | Adelaide Abramovna Belenkina |
| Children | Pavel Petrovich Voykov |
| Alma mater | University of Geneva |
| Known for | Participation in the Execution of the Romanov family |
Pyotr Lazarevich Voykov (Russian: Пётр Лазаревич Войков; Ukrainian: Петро Лазарович Войков, romanized: Petro Lazarovych Voikov; party aliases: Пётрусь and Интеллигент, or Piotrus and Intelligent) (August 13 [O.S. August 1] 1888 – June 7, 1927) was a Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet diplomat known as one of the participants in the decision to murder the former Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family members.
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Soviet Union to the Polish Republic (1924–1927), he was assassinated in Warsaw by an anti-Bolshevik White émigré. The continued use of Voykov's name in modern Russia's toponymy has been a cause of controversy.