Leonid Kannegisser Military person

Leonid Akimovic Kannegisser (also spelled Kanngießer, in Russian: Леони́д Иоаки́мович Каннегисер) (March 1896 in Mikhailov, Russian Empire – October 1918 in Petrograd, Russian SFSR) was a Russian poet and military cadet known for killing Moisei Uritsky, chief of Cheka in Petrograd, on August 17, 1918.

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Leonid Kannegisser
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1896
Birth place
Mikhaylov Ryazan Oblast , Russian Empire
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1918
Place of death
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Saint Petersburg

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allegianceImperial Russian Army
service start1913
service end1918

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