# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yakov-alksnis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:27:16.541Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yakov-alksnis"
name: "Yakov Alksnis"
slug: "yakov-alksnis"
description: "Yakov Ivanovich Alksnis was a Soviet military leader and the commander of the Red Army Air Forces from 1931 to 1937. During the Great Purge, he was arrested as part of the Latvian Operation, and later sentenced to death under false charges and shot."
tagline: "Russian military personnel of Latvian origin (1897–1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jakow_Iwanowitsch_Alksnis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1897-01-26"
deathDate: "1938-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.00666533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Алксніс Яків Іванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ياكوف ألكسنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%DA%A4_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ياكوڤ الكسنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Алкснис Яков Иванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakow_Iwanowitsch_Alksnis"
    title: "Jakow Iwanowitsch Alksnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Alksnis"
    title: "Yakov Alksnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C3%A1kov_Alksnis"
    title: "Yákov Alksnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%93kabs_Alksnis_(s%C3%B5jav%C3%A4elane)"
    title: "Jēkabs Alksnis (sõjaväelane)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Alksnis"
    title: "Yakov Alksnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%93kabs_Alksnis_(virsnieks)"
    title: "Jēkabs Alksnis (virsnieks)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakow_A%C5%82ksnis"
    title: "Jakow Ałksnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Алкснис, Яков Иванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_Ivanovi%C4%8D_Alksnis"
    title: "Jakov Ivanovič Alksnis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q570168"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump