Leonid Yakovlevich Gaikis (Gaykis, Hajkis, Jaikis, Khaikis; 1898, Warsaw — 21 August 1937, Moscow) was Soviet diplomat and the second Soviet ambassador to Spain, where he served during the Spanish Civil War. In 1937, he was recalled to Moscow, arrested and soon shot, as part of the Great Purge.
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21 August 1937 (aged 39) Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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