Mikhail Emmanuilovich (Mendelevich) Plisetski (Russian: Михаил Эммануилович (Менделевич) Плисецкий; 1899 — 1938) was a Soviet diplomat.
[4] According to his daughter Maya, the arrest was triggered by Plisetski's meeting in 1934 with his elder brother Lester Plesent, who had been living in the USA since 1912.
Other sources suggest that his arrest may have been related to his hiring Richard Pikel, the former secretary of Grigory Zinoviev, who both were also purged and executed.
[citation needed] Mikhail Plisetski was married to Russian silent film actress Rachel Messerer.
Vladimir served in special Air Forces during World War II and was killed in action.