Soviet State Security Chiefs. Part 2 - KGB Files

Last time we finished our story about the NKVD chairmen with the execution of the bloody dwarf Nikolai Yezhov. His successor, Lavrenty #Beria, was also destined to become an ominous symbol of repression. During recent years, assessments of this person have been very different, especially in Russia. He has been called an effective manager and a liberal, a rapist and a victim of slander, a sadist and the father of the atomic bomb in the #USSR. Today we’ll talk about the 15 years of the Soviet special services’s history, which started with the first cadence of Beria and ended with his second cadence and execution. 00:45 Beria. After the Great terror. 1938-1941. 04:52 Merkulov. Beria’s shadow. 1941-1946. 07:04 Abakumov. Tough and arrogant. 1946-1951. 10:59 Ignatiev. The most inconspicuous. 1951-1953. 12:34 Beria. 100 days of the minister. 1953. Support our channel: Written by Eduard Andryushchenko. Host: Pavlo Morkovkin. Video editor: Slava Chizhenok. Design by Alyona Troyan. I’m