What was Genrikh Yagoda's full name?
Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda
Genrikh Grigoryevich Trotski
Genrikh Borisovich Yagoda
Ivan Petrovich Yagoda
Answer
Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda was a Soviet politician who served as the People's Commissar for Internal Affairs from 1934 to 1936, during which time he oversaw the Great Purge. He was a close ally of Joseph Stalin, but was eventually arrested and executed in 1938.
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