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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation(set)
Position
Citizenship
Background(set)
Era
People of the Soviet Union
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Abram Yakovlevich Belenky Абрам Яковлевич Беленький
Cheka founding member who guarded Lenin personally
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1882–1941
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Lev Nikolayevich Belsky Лев Николаевич Бельский
The deputy commissar who ran the Soviet police
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1889–1941
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Yakov Isaakovich Serebryansky Яков Исаакович Серебрянский
Builder of Soviet covert ops who kidnapped a White general in Paris, then tortured by his own service
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1892–1956
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Yakov Saulovich Agranov Яков Саулович Агранов
The Cheka’s architect of political investigations
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1893–1938
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Isaak Ilyich Shapiro Исаак Ильич Шапиро
Yezhov's chief of secretariat, keeper of the Great Terror's papers and figures
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1895–1940
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Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov Александр Михайлович Орлов
The NKVD chief in Spain who shipped the Republic's gold to Moscow and broke the POUM, then fled Stalin
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1895–1973
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Israel Moiseyevich Leplevsky Израиль Моисеевич Леплевский
The man who drove the Ukrainian mass operations to their peak
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1896–1938
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Nikolai Sidorovich Vlasik Николай Сидорович Власик
Stalin's shadow for 25 years as head of personal security
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1896–1967
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Naum Isaakovich Eitingon Наум Исаакович Эйтингон
The NKVD's master of covert action: from Trotsky's assassination to Soviet atomic espionage
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1899–1981
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Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov Юрий Иванович Дроздов
Legendary Soviet spymaster who headed KGB illegal intelligence for 12 years
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1925–2017