Actor
Born Apr 20, 1895 · St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Active 1937–1940 · Awards: Order of Lenin, Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army", Order of the Red Banner, Honorary Worker of the VChK–GPU (XV)
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…