People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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The People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Народный комиссариат внутренних дел Союза Советских Социалистических Республик) was the head of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the USSR (NKVD). Four men occupied this position between 1934 and 1946.
List
| Number | Name | Date of appointment | Date of removal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genrikh Yagoda | 10 July 1934 | 26 September 1936 |
| 2 | Nikolai Yezhov | 26 September 1936 | 25 November 1938 |
| 3 | Lavrentiy Beria | 25 November 1938 | 29 December 1945 |
| 4 | Sergei Kruglov | 29 December 1945 | 15 March 1946 |