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Vyacheslav Rudolfovich Menzhinsky (Russian: Вячесла́в Рудо́льфович Менжи́нский, Polish: Wiesław
Rudolfowicz Mężyński; 31 August [O.S. 19 August] 1874 –...
- the OGPU was
headed by
Felix Dzerzhinsky until 1926, then by
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky until replaced by the Main
Directorate of
State Security (GUGB) within...
- of the
State Political Directorate (OGPU), as the
chairman Vyacheslav Menzhinsky had
little authority because of his
serious illness. In 1924, he joined...
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secret police:
Felix Dzerzhinsky,
Genrikh Yagoda, and
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky. His wife gave
birth to a daughter, Svetlana, in
February 1926. In the...
- (1918–22) GPU / OGPU (1922–1934)
Felix Dzerzhinsky (1922–26)
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky (1926–34) NKVD (1934–1946)
Genrikh Yagoda (1934–36)
Nikolai Yezhov (1936–38)...
- Wall.
Dzerzhinsky was
succeeded as
chairman of the OGPU by
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky. Dzierżyńszczyzna, one of the two
Polish Autonomous Districts in the Soviet...
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considered fabricated except those of
Valerian Kuybyshev,
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, and
Maxim Gorky who
might indeed have been
poisoned by NKVD
chief Genrikh...
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Genrikh Yagoda,
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky,
Felix Dzerzhinsky (c.1924)...
- (1918–22) GPU / OGPU (1922–1934)
Felix Dzerzhinsky (1922–26)
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky (1926–34) NKVD (1934–1946)
Genrikh Yagoda (1934–36)
Nikolai Yezhov (1936–38)...
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subordinates who ran the
Soviet secret police:
Felix Dzerzhinsky,
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky,
Genrikh Yagoda,
Nikolai Yezhov and
Lavrentiy Beria. The
books are based...
