Viktor Abakumov

Also known as Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov

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

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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Instance of: human
Given name: Viktor
Family name: Abakumov
Gender: male
Citizenship: Soviet Union
Place of birth: Moscow
Place of death: Saint Petersburg
Occupation: politician
Political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Languages spoken: Russian
Religion: atheism
Participant in: 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party
Field of work: Ministry for State Security
Conflict: Battle of the Caucasus
Military branch: Ministry for State Security
Military rank: colonel general
Image: Viktor Abakumov.jpg
Convicted of: treason

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date of birth: 1908-00-00
date of death: 1954-12-19
place of detention: Lefortovo Prison
manner of death: capital punishment
birth name: Виктор Семёнович Абакумов
allegiance: Soviet Union
Commons category: Viktor Abakumov
name in native language: Виктор Семёнович Абакумов

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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.

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