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Nov 24, 1882 Saint Petersburg Died on 20 Jun 1938 (aged 55)
Soviet politician
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About Nikolai Janson
- Nikolai Janson Nikolay Mikhailovich Yanson; 24 November 1882 – 20 June 1938) was a Soviet and Estonian communist politician.
- Janson was born in Saint Petersburg.
- He was People's Commissar for Justice (in 1929) and People's Commissar for Water Transport (named on 30 January 1931).
- On 13 March 1934 he was demoted to the post of Deputy People's Commissar for the offshore part.
- In July 1935 he lost that position, too, and in October 1935 he was named Deputy Chief of the Northern Sea Route.
- He was arrested on December 6, 1937 and accused of anti-Soviet espionage and sabotage.
- He was sentenced to death on 20 June 1938 and shot in Moscow on the same day.
