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Nikolai Yezhov
(1895–1940)
Politician
Soviet Union
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Nikolai Yezhov was a politician from the Soviet Union.
Quick Facts About Nikolai Yezhov
- Born
- April 8, 1895
- Died
- February 4, 1940
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Profession
- Politician
- Spouse
- Yevgenia Ezhova
About Nikolai Yezhov
Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov, 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 favor with Joseph Stalin and was arrested, subsequently admitting in a confession to a range of anti-Soviet activity including "unfounded arrests" during the Great Purge. He was executed in 1940 along with others who were blamed for the Great Purge.
Biography source: Wikipedia
Awards & Honors
Order of Lenin
Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
Order of the Red Banner
Honorary Worker of the VChK–GPU (XV)
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