Viktor Abakumov
Also known as Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov
head of SMERSH, Russian Minister of State Security (1946–1951)
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- A series of normal stages in the development of the chick embryo
· 1951 · cited 10,359x
- THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF SUBSTANCES WITH SIMULTANEOUSLY NEGATIVE VALUES OF $\epsilon$ AND μ
· 1968 · cited 9,424x
- Comparison of multiple Amber force fields and development of improved protein backbone parameters
· 2006 · cited 6,505x
- Climbing the Density Functional Ladder: Nonempirical Meta–Generalized Gradient Approximation Designed for Molecules and Solids
· 2003 · cited 6,502x
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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.
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1908 births1954 deathsCommissars 2nd Class of State SecurityCommunist Party of the Soviet Union membersExecuted people from MoscowExecuted Soviet people from RussiaExpelled members of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionInmates of Lefortovo PrisonKGB officersMembers of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union executed by the Soviet UnionNKVD officers