Ivan Alexandrovich Serov Biography

Birth of Ivan Alexandrovich Serov

Joins the Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD)

Appointed Ukrainian Commissar of the NKVD

Promoted to become Deputy Commissar of the NKVD

Issues the Serov Instructions, which detailed procedures for mass deportations from the Baltic States

Serov helps organize the construction of the Stasi, the East German secret police

Appointed Chairman of the KGB

personally supervises the post-invasion "normalization" of Hungary after the revolution. Responsible for arresting supporters of Imre Nagy who were trying to negotiate with Soviet military officials. Serov organized deportations of Hungarians, among them Imre Nagy. Serov co-ordinated the abduction of Pal Maleter, the Hungarian general, and the disruption of peace talks between the Red Army and the Hungarian forces

Serov established the Polish Ministry of Public Security, the Polish secret police until 1956, acting as its main Soviet adviser and organizer

Sends reports to the Kremlin from Budapest, and escorting visiting Soviet Presidium leaders Anastas Mikoyan and Mikhail Suslov via an armoured personnel carrier into Budapest on 24 October, because there was too much shooting in the streets

Appointed Director of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)

Death of Ivan Alexandrovich Serov