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Viktor Abakumov

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Also known as Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov

head of SMERSH, Russian Minister of State Security (1946–1951)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Ukraine

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Key facts

Preceded by
Vsevolod Merkulov
Succeeded by
Sergei Ogoltsov
Born
24 April 1908, Moscow , Russian Empire
Died
19 December 1954 (aged 46), Leningrad , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Party
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1930–1951)
Children
Igor Smirnov
Allegiance
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1921–1922), Soviet Union (1922–1951)
Branch service
Red Army , OGPU , GUGB , NKVD , SMERSH , MGB
Years of service
1921–1951
Rank
Colonel general
Battles wars
Russian Civil War World War II Battle of Moscow Battle of Stalingrad Battle of the Caucasus Anti-communist insurgencies in Central and Eastern Europe Baltic Insurgency Ukraine Insurgency

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Encyclopedic overview

Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov (Russian: Виктор Семёнович Абакумов; 24 April 1908 – 19 December 1954) 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). 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.

Early life and family

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