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Viktor Abakumov

Head of SMERSH, Russian Minister of State Security (1946-1951) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1908 to 1954 · aged 46

Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov was a high-level Soviet security official who from 1943 to 1946 was the head of SMERSH in the People's Commissariat of Defense, and from 1946 to 1951 of the Minister of State Security or MGB (ex-NKGB).

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Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Star
Order of Suvorov, 1st class
Order of Suvorov, 2nd class
Order of Kutuzov, 1st class
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Honorary Worker of the VChK-GPU (XV)

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He was removed from office and arrested in 1951 on charges of failing to investigate the Doctors' Plot. After the death of Joseph Stalin, Abakumov was tried for fabricating the Leningrad affair, sentenced to death and executed in 1954.

Country
Russia
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1954 · aged 46

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