Nikolai Janson
| Nikolai Janson | |
|---|---|
| People's Commissar for Water Transport (NKVT) | |
| In office 30 January 1931 – 13 March 1934 | |
| Succeeded by | Nikolay Pakhomov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1882[1] Saint Petersburg |
| Died | 20 June 1938 Moscow |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Nikolai Janson (Russian: Николай Михайлович Янсон, Nikolay Mikhailovich Ianson; 24 November 1882 in Saint Petersburg – 20 June 1938 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Estonian communist politician. He was People's Commissar for Justice (in 1929) and People's Commissar for Water Transport[2] (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 on the same day.