Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (born 1873)

Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky, also known by his pen-name Boretsky was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia. After the October Revolution, he was the head of the Petrograd Cheka from January 1918 until his death on 30 August 1918. Uritsky was assassinated by Leonid Kannegisser, a military cadet, who was executed shortly afterwards.