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Also Known As Nikolay Ivanovich Ezhov • Karlik • The Dwarf
Born 1895 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died February 1940 (aged 45)
Political Affiliation Bolshevik • Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Role In Great Purge
Lavrenty Beria
Lavrenty Beria
Soviet government official
Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda
Soviet official
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov
prime minister of Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
prime minister of Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
premier of Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
Grigory Yevseyevich Zinovyev
Grigory Yevseyevich Zinovyev
Russian revolutionary
Vyacheslav Molotov
Vyacheslav Molotov
foreign minister of Soviet Union
Lev Kamenev
Lev Kamenev
Soviet government official
Nikolay Bukharin
Nikolay Bukharin
Soviet political leader
Aleksey Ivanovich Rykov
Soviet statesman
Ordzhonikidze, Grigory Konstantinovich
Grigory Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze
Soviet government official
Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich.
Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich
Soviet official
Maksim Litvinov
Maksim Litvinov
Soviet diplomat
Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov
Soviet military and political leader
Dzerzhinsky, Feliks Edmundovich
Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
Russian revolutionary
Frunze, Mikhail Vasilyevich
Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze
Russian military officer
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya
Soviet politician
Kirov, Sergei
Sergei Kirov
Russian official