In which year was Yezhov executed?
1938
1950
1940
1945
Answer
In 1940, Nikolai Yezhov, the head of the Soviet secret police (NKVD) during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge, was executed. He had overseen the arrest, imprisonment, and execution of millions of Soviet citizens, but fell from Stalin's favor and was himself accused of treason and espionage. His demise marked a turning point in the Great Purge, as it signaled the end of the most intense phase of repression.
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