NKVD
Appointed Head of the NKVD, Secret Police
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Henrik Yagoda Biography and Timeline
Follow Henrik Yagoda through 3 dated historical records for Russia.
Henrik Yagoda, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
3Distinct records
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1934–1937Years on this page
1934
Reform of Policing
Heads a police organisation to control the militia, concentration camps & intelligence
1937
Purge
Exposed as a "Tsarist police spy, a thief & an embezzler". Expelled from the CP during Stalins "great purges" of the Party
Role range: 1917-1991
Records, sources and methodology
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