Boris Nikolayevich Melnikov
Boris Nikolajewitsch Melnikow ( Russian Борис Николаевич Мельников ; born January 2, 1896 in Selenginsk ; † July 28, 1938 in Moscow Oblast ) was a Soviet Comintern official .
Melnikow was a diplomat a. a. active in China. 1935 to 1937 he was head of the secret service OMS of the Communist International. In the course of the Stalin purges he was arrested in 1937. He was accused of Mao Zedong recruited, and then with other top officials of the CCP to the Japanese defected to be. Josef Stalin had Melnikov taken to the Moscow Kremlin for personal interrogation . On July 28, 1938, Melnikov was executed .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jung Chang , Jon Halliday: Mao: The Life of a Man, the Fate of a People. P. 244
- ^ William J. Chase: Enemies Within the Gates ?: The Comintern and the Stalinist Repression, 1934-1939. P. 488
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Melnikow, Boris Nikolajewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Мельников, Борис Николаевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet Comintern functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Selenginsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1938 |
| Place of death | Moscow Oblast |