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Ivan Serov

1905 - 1990

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Ivan Alexandrovich Serov (Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Серóв; 13 August 1905 – 1 July 1990) was a Soviet intelligence officer who served as Chairman of the KGB from March 1954 to December 1958 and Director of the GRU from December 1958 to February 1963. Serov was NKVD Commissar of the Ukrainian SSR from 1939 to 1941 and Deputy Commissar of the NKVD under Lavrentiy Beria from 1941 to 1954. Serov was active in organising NKVD activities against anti-Soviet forces during the Soviet Invasion of Poland and World War II, including the Katyn massacre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Serov has received more than 638,572 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ivan Serov is the 4,307th most popular politician (down from 3,613th in 2019), the 416th most popular biography from Russia (down from 368th in 2019) and the 121st most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ivan Serov ranks 4,307 out of 19,576. Before him are Adolph Joffe, Ahmadou Ahidjo, Robert Clive, Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria, Skirgaila, and Emperor Senka. After him are Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, Amin al-Hafiz, and Henry McMahon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Ivan Serov ranks 51. Before him are Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Jean Vigo, Lale Andersen, Prince John of the United Kingdom, Emmanuel Mounier, and Nevill Francis Mott. After him are Daniil Kharms, Kurt Gerstein, Erika Mann, Joseph Cotten, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Angelo Schiavio. Among people deceased in 1990, Ivan Serov ranks 44. Before him are Viktor Tsoi, Rex Harrison, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Vasili Kuznetsov, Ugo Tognazzi, and Capucine. After him are Reinaldo Arenas, Yiannis Ritsos, Angelo Schiavio, Alexander Pechersky, Art Blakey, and Taiichi Ohno.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ivan Serov ranks 416 out of 3,761. Before him are Marianne von Werefkin (1860), Yakov Yurovsky (1878), Valentin Ivanov (1934), Semyon Dezhnev (1605), Viktor Belenko (1947), and Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893). After him are Alexey Pajitnov (1956), Lovis Corinth (1858), Mikhail Vrubel (1856), Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), Lila Kedrova (1918), and Catharina of Württemberg (1783).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Ivan Serov ranks 121. Before him are Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788), Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882), Jani Beg (1300), Vasili Kuznetsov (1901), Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783), and Yakov Yurovsky (1878). After him are Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), Pyotr Krasnov (1869), Şehsuvar Sultan (1682), Igor Smirnov (1941), Yury Luzhkov (1936), and Princess Louise of Prussia (1808).

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