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Nikolai Yezhov

NKVD director under Joseph Stalin

1895 - 1940

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His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2024). Nikolai Yezhov is the 1,164th most popular politician (down from 1,163rd in 2024), the 106th most popular biography from Russia (up from 130th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Russian Politician.

Nikolai Yezhov was the head of the NKVD, the Soviet Union's secret police force, from 1936 to 1938. He is most famous for the Great Purge of 1937-1938, during which he orchestrated the arrests and executions of more than 1.5 million people.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Nikolai Yezhov ranks 1,164 out of 19,576. Before him are Ptolemy VI Philometor, Matilda of Boulogne, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Cassander, and Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat. After him are Eduard Bernstein, Leo VI the Wise, Asa of Judah, Nebra, Maximilian II of Bavaria, and Ancus Marcius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Nikolai Yezhov ranks 14. Before him are Carl Orff, Buster Keaton, Anna Freud, Ernst Jünger, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, and Jiddu Krishnamurti. After him are Mikhail Bakhtin, Richard Sorge, Wilm Hosenfeld, William Giauque, Max Horkheimer, and Paul Éluard. Among people deceased in 1940, Nikolai Yezhov ranks 10. Before him are Selma Lagerlöf, Paul Klee, Neville Chamberlain, Walter Benjamin, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Arthur Harden. After him are Robert Wadlow, Carl Bosch, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Verner von Heidenstam, Emma Goldman, and Manuel Azaña.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Yezhov ranks 106 out of NaN. Before him are Mikhail Lomonosov (1711), Lev Kamenev (1883), Alexander Alekhine (1892), Nikolai Bukharin (1888), Ilya Prigogine (1917), and Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850). After him are Mikhail Bakhtin (1895), Mikhail Botvinnik (1911), Arnold Sommerfeld (1868), Tokhtamysh (1342), Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926), and Mikhail Lermontov (1814).

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Among Politicians In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Nikolai Yezhov ranks 39. Before him are Sergey Lavrov (1950), Alexis of Russia (1629), Ivan III of Russia (1440), Michael of Russia (1596), Lev Kamenev (1883), and Nikolai Bukharin (1888). After him are Tokhtamysh (1342), Grigory Potemkin (1739), Ivan VI of Russia (1740), Feodor III of Russia (1661), Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944), and Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797).

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