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Viktor Abakumov
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head of SMERSH, Russian Minister of State Security (1946–1951)
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5 total works indexed
- A series of normal stages in the development of the chick embryo
· 1951 · cited 10,392x
- THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF SUBSTANCES WITH SIMULTANEOUSLY NEGATIVE VALUES OF $\epsilon$ AND μ
· 1968 · cited 9,459x
- Climbing the Density Functional Ladder: Nonempirical Meta–Generalized Gradient Approximation Designed for Molecules and Solids
· 2003 · cited 6,576x
- Comparison of multiple Amber force fields and development of improved protein backbone parameters
· 2006 · cited 6,563x
- THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY
· 2009 · cited 4,691x
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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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