Vsevolod Merkulov

Vsevolod Nikolayevich (Boris) Merkulov ( – 23 December 1953) was the head of  the secret service  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". He was one of the main people responsible for stalinist cleansings and the Katyn massacre.  After the second world war, he also was a minister. After Stalin's death, there was a struggle for power, and he was shot.

Category:Soviet intelligence people
Category:1895 births
Category:1953 deaths
Category:People executed by firearm