Henrik Yagoda Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Henrik Yagoda, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Russia.

3 records1934–19373 events1 places

Chronological biography

1934

NKVD1934

Politics / NKVD (Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs) · Head of NKVD · Moscow

Appointed Head of the NKVD, Secret Police

Reform of Policing1934

Politics / NKVD (Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs) · Head of NKVD · Moscow

Heads a police organisation to control the militia, concentration camps & intelligence

1937

PurgeJanuary 1937

Government / Government of Russia

Exposed as a "Tsarist police spy, a thief & an embezzler". Expelled from the CP during Stalins "great purges" of the Party

Titles and roles

Head of NKVD

Record provenance

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