Jānis Čoke

Jānis Čoke (24 September 1878 in Idus parish (now Valmiera Municipality), Kreis Wolmar, Governorate of Livonia – 9 June 1910 in Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland[1]) was a Latvian revolutionary who is known for his involvement in the 1906 robbery of the branch of Russian State Bank in Helsinki.

During the 1905 Russian Revolution, Čoke founded the revolutionary organization Brašie which was related with several prison riots and attacks against the gendarmerie in Riga.

The gang was sent to Finland to rob the Russian State Bank branch in Helsinki.

The Latvians were assisted by Finnish activists who opposed the Tsarist regime.

[2] After the robbery, Čoke fled to Tampere where he handed the money over to the Russian Bolshevik Nikolay Burenin.