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Ivan Serov

1905 - 1990

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Ivan Alexandrovich Serov (Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Серóв; 13 August 1905 – 1 July 1990) was a Soviet intelligence officer who served as Chairman of the KGB from March 1954 to December 1958 and Director of the GRU from December 1958 to February 1963. Serov was NKVD Commissar of the Ukrainian SSR from 1939 to 1941 and Deputy Commissar of the NKVD under Lavrentiy Beria from 1941 to 1954. Serov was active in organising NKVD activities against anti-Soviet forces during the Soviet Invasion of Poland and World War II, including the Katyn massacre. Serov issued the Serov Instructions and helped organise the mass deportations of people from Poland, Baltic states and the Caucasus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Serov is the 4,750th most popular politician (down from 4,307th in 2019), the 409th most popular biography from Russia (up from 416th in 2019) and the 125th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ivan Serov ranks 4,750 out of 19,576. Before him are Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mao Anying, Alexander II of Scotland, Chryses of Troy, Mirian III of Iberia, and Lajos Batthyány. After him are John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, Ntfombi of Eswatini, Moussa Traoré, Nana Akufo-Addo, and John Forsyth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Ivan Serov ranks 53. Before him are Takashi Shimura, Lale Andersen, Jean-Marie Villot, Piet Hein, Emílio Garrastazu Médici, and Joseph Cotten. After him are Pedro Petrone, Kurt Gerstein, Daniil Kharms, Emmanuel Mounier, Pat Brown, and Sada Abe. Among people deceased in 1990, Ivan Serov ranks 48. Before him are Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Yiannis Ritsos, Ugo Tognazzi, Angelo Schiavio, Capucine, and Viktor Tsoi. After him are Aaron Copland, John Stewart Bell, Robert Noyce, Alexander Pechersky, Reinaldo Arenas, and Delphine Seyrig.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ivan Serov ranks 409 out of 3,761. Before him are Lydia Litvyak (1921), Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Basil Fool for Christ (1468), Viktor Kulikov (1921), and Mikhail Vrubel (1856). After him are Alexander Yegorov (1883), Yury Luzhkov (1936), Aleksandr Akimov (1953), Alexey Ekimov (1945), Alexander Griboyedov (1795), and Dmitry Pozharsky (1577).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Ivan Serov ranks 125. Before him are Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822), Anatoly Sobchak (1937), Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831), Lydia Litvyak (1921), and Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924). After him are Yury Luzhkov (1936), Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), Lauri Kristian Relander (1883), Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), Yakov Yurovsky (1878), and Helena of Moscow (1476).

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