Pēteris Vītoliņš

1892–1938 (age 46)

Biography

Pēteris Vītoliņš was a Latvian Soviet politician who represented his nation within the Soviet system. He played a role in the political development of Soviet Latvia during the 1920s and 1930s.

He was executed at the Kommunarka shooting ground in 1938 during the Great Purge, a period of intense political repression that affected leaders across all Soviet republics.

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