During what years was Yagoda the director of the NKVD?
1934-1936
1930-1934
1932-1936
1936-1938
Answer
Genrikh Yagoda served as the Director of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, better known as the NKVD, from 1934 to 1936. He had previously served as the head of the OGPU, the Soviet Union's secret police, and was responsible for the arrest and execution of thousands of people during the Great Purge.
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