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Nikolai Yezhov

1895 - 1940

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Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov (Russian: Николай Иванович Ежов, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ (j)ɪˈʐof]; 1 May 1895 – 4 February 1940), also spelt Ezhov, was a Soviet secret police official under Joseph Stalin who was head of the NKVD from 1936 to 1938, at the height of the Great Purge. Yezhov organized mass arrests, torture, and executions during the Great Purge, but he fell out of favour with Stalin and was arrested, subsequently admitting in a confession to a range of anti-Soviet activity including "unfounded arrests" during the Purge. He was executed in 1940 along with others who were blamed for the Purge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolai Yezhov is the 1,166th most popular politician (down from 1,165th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Russia (up from 130th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Russian Politician.

Nikolai Yezhov was the head of the NKVD, the Soviet Union's secret police force, from 1936 to 1938. He is most famous for the Great Purge of 1937-1938, during which he orchestrated the arrests and executions of more than 1.5 million people.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nikolai Yezhov ranks 1,166 out of 19,576. Before him are Ptolemy VI Philometor, Matilda of Boulogne, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Cassander, and Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat. After him are Eduard Bernstein, Leo VI the Wise, Asa of Judah, Nebra, Maximilian II of Bavaria, and Ancus Marcius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Nikolai Yezhov ranks 14. Before him are Carl Orff, Buster Keaton, Anna Freud, Ernst Jünger, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, and Jiddu Krishnamurti. After him are Mikhail Bakhtin, Richard Sorge, Wilm Hosenfeld, William Giauque, Max Horkheimer, and Paul Éluard. Among people deceased in 1940, Nikolai Yezhov ranks 10. Before him are Selma Lagerlöf, Paul Klee, Neville Chamberlain, Walter Benjamin, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Arthur Harden. After him are Robert Wadlow, Carl Bosch, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Verner von Heidenstam, Emma Goldman, and Manuel Azaña.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Yezhov ranks 106 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Lomonosov (1711), Lev Kamenev (1883), Alexander Alekhine (1892), Nikolai Bukharin (1888), Ilya Prigogine (1917), and Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850). After him are Mikhail Bakhtin (1895), Mikhail Botvinnik (1911), Arnold Sommerfeld (1868), Tokhtamysh (1342), Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926), and Mikhail Lermontov (1814).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Nikolai Yezhov ranks 39. Before him are Sergey Lavrov (1950), Alexis of Russia (1629), Ivan III of Russia (1440), Michael of Russia (1596), Lev Kamenev (1883), and Nikolai Bukharin (1888). After him are Tokhtamysh (1342), Grigory Potemkin (1739), Ivan VI of Russia (1740), Feodor III of Russia (1661), Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944), and Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797).

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