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Nikolai Yezhov
Acting
20 Apr 1895
† 04 Feb 1940
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Biography
Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov (Russian: Николай Иванович Ежов, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ (j)ɪˈʐof]; 1 May 1895 – 4 February 1940), also spelt Ezhov, was a Soviet secret police official under Joseph Stalin who was head of the NKVD from 1936 to 1938, at the height of the Great Purge. Yezhov organized mass arrests, torture, and executions during the Great Purge, but he fell out of favour with Stalin and was arrested, subsequently admitting in a confession to a range of anti-Soviet activity including "...
Also Known As
Николай Ежов, Н. Ежов, Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov , Ezhov
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