Vyacheslav Ivanovich Zof (Russian: Вячеслав Иванович Зоф; 6 January 1890 – 20 June 1937) was aSoviet military figure andstatesman ofCzech descent.

Vyacheslav Ivanovich Zof
Born	(1890-01-06)January 6, 1890 Dubno,Volhynian Governorate,Russian Empire
Died	June 2, 1937(1937-06-02) (aged 47) Moscow,Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic,Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/ branch	Red Army  Soviet Navy
Years of service	1919-1929
Rank	Commissar 1st Rank
Commands	Soviet Navy
Battles / wars	Russian Civil War
Awards	Order of the Red Banner
Other work	merchant navy director, factory manager

Zof joined therevolutionary movement in 1910. Three years later he became a member of theRussian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). DuringWorld War I, Zof worked as a fitter at an arms factory inSestroretsk, where he was in charge of theBolshevistunderground. After theFebruary Revolution in 1917, Zof led theBolsheviks' organization in Sestroretsk and was a deputy of thePetrograd Soviet.^[1]

In July 1917, he prepared fake identity papers forVladimir Lenin and organized his move from Petrograd toRazliv at the request of the RSDLPCentral Committee. Zof would then establish contact between Lenin and the Central Committee.

In 1918–1919, he was appointed brigade and divisioncommissar and supplies manager for the 3rd Army of the Eastern Front. In 1919–1920, Zof was a member of theRevolutionary Military Council of theBaltic Fleet and a member of the Petrograd defense committee. In 1921–1924, he held a post of a commissar at the office of thecommander-in-chief of thenaval forces of the Republic. Between December 1924 and 1926, Zof was thecommander of the naval forces and member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR. In 1927–1929, he headed theSovtorgflot (Soviet Commercial Fleet) office. In 1930–1931, Zof was a deputyPeople's Commissar ofRailroad Transportation. In 1931, he was appointed first deputy People's Commissar of Water Transportation.^[2]

Later Zof fell into disgrace and was appointed director of the "Kompresor" factory inMoscow. In 1937, he was arrested and sentenced to death by theMilitary Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR on June 19 on accounts of being involved in an "anti-Soviet terrorist organisation". Zof was executed the next day.

He was posthumouslyrehabilitated in 1956.

• Order of the Red Banner.

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