Bogdan Kobulov

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Bogdan Sakharovich Kobulow ( Georgian ბოგდან ქობულოვი , Russian Богда́н Заха́рович Кобу́лов ; born March 1, 1904 in Tbilisi , † December 23, 1953 in Moscow ) was the secret service general and deputy interior minister of the Soviet Union .

Life

Bogdan Kobulow was a close confidante of Lavrenti Beria and became People's Commissar for Home Affairs in the Georgian SSR in the 1930s . From 1938 he was head of the special investigative department of the People's Commissariat for State Security (NKGB) of the USSR, from 1941 deputy of the NKGB or NKVD and from 1943 first deputy of the NKGB.

From May 1947 to 1949 he was the deputy chief of the SMAD for issues relating to the activities of Soviet companies in Germany and at the same time deputy chief of the main administration for Soviet property abroad at the Council of Ministers of the USSR .

Afterwards he was deputy chairman of the Soviet Control Commission in Germany (SKK) with the rank of Colonel General .

He was a candidate for the Central Committee of the CPSU , after Stalin's death Beria rose to the position of Minister of the Interior in 1953 and Bogdan Kobulov became the first Deputy Minister of the Interior of the USSR and head of the Central Administration for State Security.

In December 1953 he and Beria were sentenced to death for high treason and shot. Lieutenant General Amayak Sakharovich Kobulov , Bogdan's brother , was also shot dead .

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personal data
SURNAME Kobulov, Bogdan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kobulow, Bogdan Sakharovich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet intelligence general
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Tbilisi , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1953
Place of death Moscow , Soviet Union