Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov or Ezhov (Roushie: Никола́й Иванович Ежо́в, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj jɪˈʐof]; Mey 1, 1895 – Februar 4, 1940) wis a Soviet secret police offeecial unner Joseph Stalin.

Nikolai Yezhov
Roushie: Николай Иванович Ежов
Fowk's Commissar for Watter Transport
In office
6 Aprile 1938 – 9 Aprile 1939
Precedit biNikolay Pakhomov
Succeedit biNone-poseetion abolished
Fowk's Commissar for Internal Affairs
In office
26 September 1936 – 27 Januar 1937
Precedit biGenrikh Yagoda
Succeedit biLavrentiy Beria
Fowk's Commissar for State Security
In office
27 Januar 1937 – 25 November 1938
Candidate member o the 17t Politburo
In office
12 October 1937 – 22 Mairch 1939
Member o the 17th Secretariat
In office
1 Februar 1935 – 21 Mairch 1939
Personal details
BornNikolai Ivanovich Yezhov
1 Mey 1895(1895-05-01)
St. Petersburg, Roushie Empire
Dee'd4 Februar 1940(1940-02-04) (aged 44)
Moscow, Roushie SFSR, Soviet Union
Poleetical pairtyCommunist Pairty o the Soviet Union
Spoose(s)Antonia Titova (1919-1930),
Yevgenia Feigenberg (1930-1938; her daith) 1 bairn
BairnsNatasha Yezhova
Natalia Khayutina (adoptit)
Signatur
Eikname(s)Roushie: Ежевика (Blackberry)[1]
Airn Hedgehog[2]

References eedit

  1. Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, chapter 21.
  2. Service (2009), chapter 11.