Nikolai Yezhov

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:NKVD
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:associated_with Soviet purges
gptkbp:birth_date 1895-05-01
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Donskoye_Cemetery
gptkbp:cause_of_death gptkb:Execution
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:political_repression
gptkbp:controversy Role in the Great Purge
gptkbp:death_date 1940-02-04
gptkbp:descendant Yezhov family
gptkbp:education gptkb:Saint_Petersburg_State_University
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:faction gptkb:Left_Opposition
gptkbp:full_name Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:Stalin's_regime
gptkbp:historical_significance Key figure in Soviet repression.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nikolai Yezhov
gptkbp:image Nikolai_ Yezhov.jpg
gptkbp:impact Soviet history
gptkbp:influence Soviet repressions
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Joseph_Stalin
gptkbp:involved_in Show trials
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Great_Purge
gptkbp:legacy Controversial figure
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:nickname The Bloody Dwarf
gptkbp:notable_work NKVD operations
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Saint_Petersburg
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:political_position Minister of Internal Affairs
gptkbp:portrayed_by Actors in films
gptkbp:portrayed_in Films and literature
gptkbp:position_held gptkb:Head_of_the_NKVD
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Genrikh_Yagoda
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Great_Terror
gptkbp:reputation gptkb:Notorious
gptkbp:role Chief of the Secret Police
gptkbp:spouse Maria Yezhova
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lavrentiy_Beria
gptkbp:was_executed_by gptkb:Soviet_Union
Political crimes
gptkbp:years_active 1930s
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cheka
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4