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### The Life and Role of Henrik Yagoda in the Soviet Union

- Henrik Yagoda was born in 1891 in the Russian Empire and died in 1938 in Moscow.
- He served as the head of the Soviet secret police under Stalin from 1934 to 1936.
- Yagoda was a central figure in the purge trials that took place during that time.
- He joined the Bolsheviks in 1907 and became a member of the Presidium of the Cheka in 1920.
- The Cheka was the secret Soviet police.
- Yagoda held the position of deputy chairman of the Cheka's successor organization, the OGPU, from 1924 to 1934.
- From 1930, he was in charge of the system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union.
- Yagoda was a close associate of Stalin and became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1934.
- He was put in charge of the newly organized Commissariat of Internal Affairs, or NKVD, which absorbed the secret police.
- There is evidence suggesting Yagoda's involvement in the assassination of Sergei Kirov, a potential rival of Stalin, in 1934.
- As the head of the NKVD, Yagoda orchestrated the first public purge trials in August 1936.
- Several individuals, including Genovayev and L.B. Khamenov, were executed after confessing to astonishing charges.
- Yagoda himself fell victim to the purges he helped carry out on Stalin's orders.
- He was removed from office in September 1936 and replaced by N.I. Yezov.
- Yagoda was arrested in 1937 and became a defendant at the third public purge trial in March 1938.
- He was accused of being part of a Trotsky conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the Soviet Union.
- Yagoda was convicted, sentenced to death, and executed on March 13th.

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The Life and Role of Henrik Yagoda in the Soviet Union

Part 1 is an overview of Genrikh Yagoda where I cover what his roles were in the Soviet Union and his death. 

Part 2 will discuss the torture & executions of prisoners that he personally did himself.

You Henrik Yagoda You go to also spelled JAG0DA You go to was born in 1891 In Russian Empire and he died March 15th 1938 in Moscow He was the head of the Soviet secret police under Stalin from 1934 to 1936 And a central figure in the purge trials You go to join the Bolsheviks in 1907 and became a member

He was the deputy chairman of the Cheka's successor organization, the OGPU, from 1924 to

1934 and from 1930 was in charge of the system of the forced labor camps in the Soviet Union.

A close longtime associate of Stalin, Yegoda became, in 1934, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and was put in charge of the newly organized Commissariat of Internal Affairs, or NKVD, into which the secret police had been absorbed.

There is evidence that Yagoda was instrumental in engineering in 1934 the assassination of Sergei Kirov, Leningrad Party secretary and a member of the Politburo, whom Stalin perceived as a potential rival.

As head of the NKVD, Yagoda prepared the first of the public purge trials in August 1936, in which Genovayev, L.B.

Khamenov, and a number of their associates confessed to

a series of astonishing charges and were immediately executed.

1 year later, Yegoda himself became a victim of the widespread purges that he had helped to carry out on Stalin's orders.

and replaced as People's Commissar by N.I.

Yezov, under whose direction the purge trials proceeded.

Degoda was arrested in 1937 and became a defendant at the third public purge trial, March

He was accused of being a member of a Trotsky conspiracy intent on destroying the Soviet Union through sabotage.

He was convicted, sentenced to death on March 13th and shot soon afterward.


Speaker 0: You Henrik Yagoda You go to also spelled JAG0DA You go to was born in 1891 In Russian Empire and he died March 15th 1938 in Moscow He was the head of the Soviet secret police under Stalin from 1934 to 1936 And a central figure in the purge trials You go to join the Bolsheviks in 1907 and became a member

Speaker 1: of the Presidium of the Cheka in

Speaker 0: 1920.

Speaker 1: The Cheka is the secret Soviet police. He was the deputy chairman of the Cheka's successor organization, the OGPU, from 1924 to

Speaker 0: 1934 and from 1930 was in charge of the system of the forced labor camps in the Soviet Union.

Speaker 1: A close longtime associate of Stalin, Yegoda became, in 1934, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and was put in charge of the newly organized Commissariat of Internal Affairs, or NKVD, into which the secret police had been absorbed.

Speaker 0: There is evidence that Yagoda was instrumental in engineering in 1934 the assassination of Sergei Kirov, Leningrad Party secretary and a member of the Politburo, whom Stalin perceived as a potential rival. As head of the NKVD, Yagoda prepared the first of the public purge trials in August 1936, in which Genovayev, L.B. Khamenov, and a number of their associates confessed to

Speaker 1: a series of astonishing charges and were immediately executed. 1 year later, Yegoda himself became a victim of the widespread purges that he had helped to carry out on Stalin's orders. He was removed from office in September

Speaker 0: 1936

Speaker 1: and replaced as People's Commissar by N.I. Yezov, under whose direction the purge trials proceeded. Degoda was arrested in 1937 and became a defendant at the third public purge trial, March

Speaker 0: 1938. He was accused of being a member of a Trotsky conspiracy intent on destroying the Soviet Union through sabotage. He was convicted, sentenced to death on March 13th and shot soon afterward.

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Genrikh Yagoda (Part 1) Overview and Summary