Soviet politician and intelligence officer (1895–1953)
Vsevolod Merkulov
Всеволод Меркулов
Merkulov in 1940
Minister of State Control
In office 27 October 1950 – 22 May 1953
Premier
Joseph Stalin Georgy Malenkov
Preceded by
Lev Mekhlis
Succeeded by
Alexander Paveliev
Minister of State Security
In office 22 March 1945 – 7 May 1945
Premier
Joseph Stalin
Preceded by
Himself (as People's Commissar of State Security)
Succeeded by
Viktor Abakumov
First Deputy People's Commissar for Internal Affairs
In office September 1938 – March 1946
Preceded by
Mikhail Frinovsky
Succeeded by
position dissolved
Personal details
Born
(1895-11-27)27 November 1895 Zagatala, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
23 December 1953(1953-12-23) (aged 58) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship
Soviet
Nationality
Russian
Political party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Alma mater
Saint Petersburg University
Military service
Rank
Army 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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the final report on the mission the partisans were interrogated by VsevolodMerkulov, Bogdan Kobulov, and Fyodor Kuznetsov at the Lubyanka. Later she learned...
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