March 1, 1904 - Bogdan Kobulov
A senior operative within Stalin's security apparatus, Kobulov rose through the ranks of the NKVD under the patronage of Lavrentiy Beria, making him a functional instrument of the state terror that defined that era. His career placed him at the institutional center of purges, forced disappearances, and the machinery of political repression — work that required both loyalty and a willingness to act without restraint. His fate, arrest and execution following Stalin's death, reflected how thoroughly the system consumed even its own enforcers.
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Bogdan Zakharovich Kobulov (Russian: Богда́н Заха́рович Кобу́лов; 1 March 1904 – 23 December 1953) was a Soviet security officer who served as a senior member of the security- and police-apparatus during the rule of Joseph Stalin. After Stalin's death he was arrested and executed along with his former chief and patron Lavrentiy Beria.
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