Artur Artuzov
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Artur Khristyanovich Artuzov (surname at birth Frauchi) Артур Христианович Артузов (Фраучи), (18 February 1891, Tver
region, Russia
- 21 August 1937, Moscow
) headed the Soviet foreign intelligence service INO, part of OGPU, later the NKVD
, from August 1931 to May 1935. He was arrested on May 13, 1937 as part of the "Plot of the Generals." His execution took place on August 21, 1937.
Tver
Tver is a city and the administrative center of Tver Oblast, Russia. Population: 403,726 ; 408,903 ;...
region, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
- 21 August 1937, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
) headed the Soviet foreign intelligence service INO, part of OGPU, later the NKVD
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....
, from August 1931 to May 1935. He was arrested on May 13, 1937 as part of the "Plot of the Generals." His execution took place on August 21, 1937.
See also
- Trust OperationTrust OperationOperation Trust was a counterintelligence operation of the State Political Directorate of the Soviet Union. The operation, which ran from 1921-1926, set up a fake anti-Bolshevik underground organization, "Monarchist Union of Central Russia", MUCR , in order to help the OGPU identify real...