Nikolai Yezhov

Nikolai Yezhov

male, deceased (1940)
Nkvd, Sovietsecretpolice, Soviet execution, Soviet politician, Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov, Great Purge
Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov was a senior figure in the NKVD (the Soviet secret police) during the period of the Great Purge. His reign is sometimes...