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Nikolai Yezhov — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 1 May 1895 · Died: 4 February 1940 · Age at death: 44

How old was Nikolai Yezhov when he died?

Nikolai Yezhov died aged 44. He was born on 1 May 1895 and died on 4 February 1940.

Soviet secret police chief during Stalin's Great Purge

Did you know?He was so thoroughly erased from official history after his execution that he became known as the Vanishing Commissar.

Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov (Russian: Николай Иванович Ежов, IPA:; 1 May 1895 – 4 February 1940), also spelt Ezhov, was a Soviet secret police official under Joseph Stalin who was head of the NKVD from 1936 to 1938, at the height of the Great Purge.

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Age at death: 44
Would be: 131
Years since death: 86

Born: May 1, 1895 · Kaunas, Lithuania
Died: February 4, 1940
Cause of death: Gunshot wound
Nationality: Soviet
Known for: Politics, Military

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Spouses: Antonina Titova, Yevgenia Ezhova

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