Vsevolod Nikolayevich (Boris) Merkulov (Russian: Всеволод Николаевич Меркулов; 27 November [O.S. 25 October] 1895 – 23 December 1953) was the head of NKGB from …

During the Great Purge in 1936–1938, on Stalin's orders, the NKVD conducted mass arrests, imprisonment, torture, and executions of hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens.

Merkulov became a close associate of Lavrenty Beria, who replaced Nikolai Yezhov as head of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) in November 1938.

Vsevolod Merkulov was named the People's Commissar of State Security of the Soviet NKGB with responsibilities to oversee espionage and intelligence activities. The new ministry NKGB …

Vsevolod Nikolayevich (Boris) Merkulov (Russian: Всеволод Николаевич Меркулов; 27 November [O.S. 25 October] 1895 – 23 December 1953) was the head of NKGB from …

Vsevolod Nikolayevich (Boris) Merkulov (Всеволод Николаевич Меркулов in Russian) (27 November [O.S. 25 October] 1895 – 23 December 1953) was the head of NKGB from …

This is a brief biographical sketch of the military career of Army General Vsevolod Nikolaevich Merkulov. He was a general during World War Two.

In 1939–1940, he was placed in charge of the sovietization of Polish territory. In 1941 Stalin divided the NKVD. Merkulov was made chief of the newly minted NKGB (People’s …

Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov, was the head of NKGB from February to July 1941, and again from April 1943 to March 1946. He was a member of the so-called "Georgian mafia" of …

Apr 19, 2015 · The second was the reincarnation of the NKGB, headed by Vsevolod Merkulov, who also ran it when it existed briefly in 1941. When the NKGB was absorbed by the NKVD, …