Yagoda

Genrikh Yagoda was a Soviet secret police chief who led the NKVD from 1934 to 1936. He was a significant figure during the early years of the Great Purge, overseeing the arrest and execution of political opponents. Yagoda's tenure was marked by brutal repression, but he was eventually purged himself in 1938, arrested by his successor, Nikolai Yezhov, and executed, highlighting the violent and volatile nature of Soviet political life during Stalin's regime.