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Vsevolod Merkulov
Всеволод Меркулов
Merkulov in 1940
Minister of State Control
In office
27 October 1950 – 22 May 1953
PremierJoseph Stalin
Georgy Malenkov
Preceded byLev Mekhlis
Succeeded byAlexander Paveliev
Minister of State Security
In office
22 March 1945 – 7 May 1945
PremierJoseph Stalin
Preceded byHimself (as People's Commissar of State Security)
Succeeded byViktor Abakumov
First Deputy People's Commissar for Internal Affairs
In office
September 1938 – March 1946
Preceded byMikhail Frinovsky
Succeeded byposition dissolved
Personal details
Born(1895-11-27)27 November 1895
Zagatala, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Died23 December 1953(1953-12-23) (aged 58)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipSoviet
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
Alma materSaint Petersburg University
Military service
RankArmy General

Vsevolod Nikolayevich (Boris) Merkulov (Russian: Всеволод Николаевич Меркулов; 27 November [O.S. 25 October] 1895 – 23 December 1953) was the head of NKGB from February to July 1941, and again from April 1943 to March 1946. He was a leading member of what was later derisively described as the "Beria gang".

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