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Vsevolod Merkulov

Vsevolod Merkulov, Russian head of the NKGB (died 1953)

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Born
October 25, 1895
Died
December 23, 1953
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1895

About Vsevolod Merkulov

Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov was the head of NKGB 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". Merkulov first met Lavrentiy Beria in 1923, when Beria was 24 and had been made deputy chairman of the Georgian GPU. In 1913, Vsevolod Merkulov graduated from the Tiflis Gymnasium with a gold medal and became a student at Saint Petersburg University, Department of Physics and Mathematics, but did not graduate.

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Vsevolod Merkulov timeline

  1. In 1913, Vsevolod Merkulov graduated from the Tiflis Gymnasium with a gold medal and became a student at Saint Petersburg University, Department of Physics and Mathematics, but did not graduate.
  2. Merkulov first met Lavrentiy Beria in 1923, when Beria was 24 and had been made deputy chairman of the Georgian GPU.

The world when Vsevolod Merkulov was born

Vsevolod Merkulov was born in 1895. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1895

  • Top movieWorkers Leaving the Lumière Factory (first public film)

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCuban War of Independence begins
  • Technology milestoneLumière brothers hold first public film screening
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population68.0M

1895 versus 2026

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Measure18952026
Population68.0M341 million

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