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Peter Maximovich Feldman (27 November 1899 – 22 August 1938) was a Soviet Division commissar. Head of the Political Department of the Black Sea Fleet of the USSR (May 11, 1937 - January 28, 1938).

Biography
Peter Maximovich Feldman was born in Baku in a jewish family of tailor Mendel Feldman (1873–1946) and Sarah-Rivah (? - 5/31/1941). His birth name was Peisach which he switched to Peter later on. He studied Petroleum engineering in Alekseevsky Engineering school Baku. Before the revolution he worked as a draftsman. Joined Red Army in August 1918. He got married in 1921. Wife - Olga Borisovna Frank (1901-1981) - school teacher. Their had two kids: dougther Octyabrina (1922-2014) and son Artyom (1925-1993). From April to September 1917 was a member of Bund party. From October 1917 - member of the RCP(b). From August 1918 he joined the Red Army. From September 1920 - responsible organizer of comunist cell in 1st rifle reserve battalion. From January 20, 1925 - a chief's assistant of organizational department of Political Administration of the Ukrainian Military District From July 7, 1926 - a chief's assistant of organizational department of the Political Administration of the Ural Military District In December 10, 1926, he was appointed deputy head of the political department of the 4th rifle division of the Belarusian Military District. In September 14, 1928 appointed assistant to the political department of the commander and head of the political department of the 5th Vitebsk rifle division of the Belarusian Military District In 1930 he graduated from the political branch of KUVNAS at the Military Academy named after M.Frunze. In June 26, 1930 was sent to Moscow by the delegate of the XVI Congress of the CPSU(b) with a decisive vote from the Polotsk Party Organization of the Belarusian Military District From November 1930 - Military Commissar of the Experimental Mechanized Brigade of the Moscow Military District in Naro-Fominsk. In April 8, 1931, appointed head of the political department of the 1st separate mechanized brigade named after Kalinowski. In April 28, 1934 he was appointed head of the political department of the 7th Mechanized Corpus. In September 22, 1935 in accordance with the decree of the CEC and the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, the order of the USSR people's commissar of defense K. Voroshilov “On the introduction of personal military ranks for the commanding personnel of the Red Army” No. 2488 dated November 28, 1935, Feldman P. M was given the rank of divisional commissar. In May 11, 1937 he was appointed head of the political department of the Black Sea Fleet. He lived in Sevastopol on the Sovetskaya St, 15. In January 28, 1938, he was dismissed from his post and enlisted at the disposal of the directorate for command and commanding personnel of the RKKA. In February 17, 1938 arrested in Moscow on charges of participating in a counter-revolutionary organization. In July 22, 1938 excluded from the CPSU(b). In August 22, 1938 he was convicted by Supreme Cort of USSR under Art. Art. 58-1 "b", 58-7 and 58-11 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and was sentenced to death with confiscation of property and deprivation of military rank of the divisional commissar on charges for participating in a military plot on the "Case of marshal Tukhachevsky". In August 22, 1938, he was shot at the Kommunarka, Moscow Region. In June 2, 1956 the case of charges was revised by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR, the sentence of August 22, 1938 canceled due to newly discovered circumstances and the case for lack of corpus delicti was dropped. In July 24, 1956 order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR in connection with posthumous rehabilitation was excluded from the lists of the Soviet Army due to death.