Acting
Nikolai Yezhov
Born April 20, 1895 Died February 4, 1940 (Age 44)St. Petersburg, Russian Empire3 Credits
Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov (Russian: Николай Иванович Ежов, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ (j)ɪˈʐof]; 1 May 1895 – 4 February 1940), also spelt Ezhov, was a Soviet secret police official under Joseph Stalin who was head of the NKVD from 1936 to 1938, at the height of the Great Purge. Yezhov organized mass arrests, torture, and executions during the Great Purge, but he fell out of favour with Stalin and was arrested, subse…
Filmography & Credits
The Works of Nikolai Yezhov
Visual Archive
Portraits of Nikolai Yezhov