Nikolai Yezhov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolai Yezhov

NKVD director under Joseph Stalin

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1895

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1940

Profession: military personnel, politician

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov (Russian: ??????´? ???´????? ???´?, tr.
IPA, IPA: [n??k?'?aj j?'?of]; 1 May 1895 – 4 February 1940) was a Soviet secret police official under Joseph Stalin who was head of the NKVD from 1936 to 1938, during the height of the Great Purge. Having presided over mass arrests and executions during the Great Purge, Yezhov eventually fell from Stalin's favour and power.
He was arrested, confessed to a range of anti-Soviet activity, later claiming he was tortured into confessing, and eventually executed in 1940 among with most others responsible for the Purge.