Genrikh Yagoda

1891 - 1938

Genrikh Yagoda

Soviet police official.

Was Genrikh Yagoda Jewish?
Yes, Genrikh Yagoda was Jewish.
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• Yagoda served as Director of the NKVD, the early interior ministry of the Soviet Union.

He played a major role in Stalin's Great Purge, but was eventually executed himself.

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