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Vyacheslav Menzhinsky

1874 - 1934

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Vyacheslav Rudolfovich Menzhinsky (Russian: Вячесла́в Рудо́льфович Менжи́нский, Polish: Wiesław Rudolfowicz Mężyński; 31 August [O.S. 19 August] 1874 – 10 May 1934) was a Soviet revolutionary and politician who served as chairman of the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union, from 1926 to 1934. Born to Polish parents in Saint Petersburg, Menzhinsky joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1902. He emigrated from Russia in 1907, and spent the next decade in Europe and the United States. After the 1917 February Revolution, he joined the Cheka in 1919, and in 1923 was promoted to its deputy under Felix Dzerzhinsky. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vyacheslav Menzhinsky is the 6,675th most popular politician (down from 5,834th in 2019), the 572nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 543rd in 2019) and the 168th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky ranks 6,675 out of 19,576. Before him are Matvei Zakharov, Anker Jørgensen, Samori Ture, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, King Kang of Zhou, and Lars Løkke Rasmussen. After him are Frederick William, Duke of Courland, Erich Naumann, Adalbert, Margrave of Austria, Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Lazar Koliševski, and Zhang Jinghui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky ranks 62. Before him are Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, Franz Schmidt, Johannes Schober, Thomas J. Watson, Joseph Erlanger, and Emilie Louise Flöge. After him are Wu Peifu, Martin Lowry, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, René-Louis Baire, Lina Cavalieri, and Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. Among people deceased in 1934, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky ranks 49. Before him are Alexander von Kluck, Hermann Bahr, Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, Hubert Lyautey, Adrien de Gerlache, and Paul Troost. After him are Herbert Chapman, Willem de Sitter, Franz Schreker, Roberto Ferruzzi, Paul Gustav Fischer, and Carsten Borchgrevink.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky ranks 572 out of 3,761. Before him are Viktor Abakumov (1908), Sergey Akhromeyev (1923), Alexander von Middendorff (1815), Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (1798), Alexander Butlerov (1828), and Matvei Zakharov (1898). After him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825), Valeri Kubasov (1935), Konstantin Makovsky (1839), Nikolai Golitsyn (1850), Uliana of Tver (1325), and Vladimir Shukhov (1853).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky ranks 168. Before him are Patriarch Filaret of Moscow (1553), Viktor Chernov (1873), Anund Gårdske (1004), Viktor Abakumov (1908), Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (1798), and Matvei Zakharov (1898). After him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825), Nikolai Golitsyn (1850), Uliana of Tver (1325), Mikhail Tomsky (1880), Simeon Bekbulatovich (1600), and Sergey Sazonov (1860).

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