Nikolai Yezhov
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Nikolai Yezhov was a high-ranking Soviet secret police chief who oversaw the most brutal phase of Stalin’s Great Purge before himself falling victim to the terror.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Yezhov | 1 |
| Николай Иванович Ежов | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Soviet politician
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human ⓘ perpetrator of political repression ⓘ secret police chief ⓘ |
| allegiance | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| burialPlace | unmarked grave in Moscow ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution by shooting ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
counter-revolutionary activities
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treason ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russian Empire
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1895-05-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1940-02-04 ⓘ |
| employer |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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NKVD ⓘ |
| endTime | 1938-11-25 ⓘ |
| era | Stalin era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Russian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Nikolai Yezhov
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surface form:
Yezhov
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| givenName |
Nikolay
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surface form:
Nikolai
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| hasAlias | Yezhovshchina namesake ⓘ |
| hasImageDepicting | photograph with Stalin later doctored to remove him ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
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Stalin era ⓘ
surface form:
Stalinism
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| languageSpoken | Russian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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surface form:
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
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| nativeName |
Nikolai Yezhov
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surface form:
Николай Иванович Ежов
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| notableEvent |
Great Purge
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Yezhovshchina ⓘ |
| notableFor | oversight of mass arrests and executions during 1937–1938 ⓘ |
| notableWork | implementation of the Great Purge ⓘ |
| officeEndForNKVDChief | 1938-11-25 ⓘ |
| officeStartForNKVDChief | 1936-09-26 ⓘ |
| participantIn | political repression in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Russian Empire
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Saint Petersburg Governorate ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Moscow
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR
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People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ People's Commissar for State Security of the USSR ⓘ candidate member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee ⓘ head of the NKVD ⓘ |
| replaced | Genrikh Yagoda ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Lavrentiy Beria ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime | 1936-09-26 ⓘ |
| wasVictimOf | Great Purge ⓘ |
| workedUnder | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| workLocation | Moscow ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yezhov
this entity surface form:
Николай Иванович Ежов