November 6, 1895 - Vsevolod Merkulov
A senior figure in the Soviet security apparatus during some of its most lethal years, Merkulov served as head of the NKGB during periods that encompassed mass deportations, wartime repression, and the institutionalized use of state terror. His tenure placed him in direct administrative authority over operations responsible for the deaths and displacement of vast numbers of Soviet citizens and others under Soviet control. He was ultimately tried and executed following the fall of Beria, the patron under whom much of his career had been built.
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Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov (Russian: Всеволод Николаевич Меркулов; 27 November [O.S. 25 October] 1895 – 23 December 1953) was the head of NKGB from February to July 1941, and again from April 1943 to March 1946. He was a leading member of what was later derisively described as the "Beria gang".
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