Henrik Yagoda1934
Appointed Head of the NKVD, Secret Police
Russia · Politics / NKVD (Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Appointed Head of the NKVD, Secret Police
Appointed Head of the NKVD, Secret Police. Appointed Head of the NKVD, during the war it carries out purges & executions
Joins the Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD)
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