Bogdan Kobulov
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The surname Kobulov may refer to either of the two USSR statesmen and state security officers who are occasionally confused with one another and who were brothers:
politician and member of the Soviet security and police apparatus during and briefly after the Stalin years.
Kobulov was born in Tbilisi the son of an ethnic Armenian tailor. He joined the OGPU in 1931 and became one of Beria's closest associates.
He was a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (18th & 19th Congresses), and was Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the second convocation.
He held a series of senior posts in the NKVD
, the Soviet secret police, and was the most trusted henchman of the NKVD chief Lavrentiy Beria
. As head of the Investigative Branch of the USSR NKVD from December 22, 1938 to September 4, 1939, he was one of the major organizers of the political terror.
At the fall of Lavrentiy Beria, Kobulov was arrested along with his boss on June 27, 1953; he was convicted on multiple charges, including espionage, and sentenced to death and executed on December 23, 1953.
as chief of the Main Directorate of State Security Foreign Branch's rezidentura from September 1939 until June 1941. While in Berlin, in August 1940, he recruited a supposedly well-connected Latvian
journalist Orest Berlinks (codenamed by the Soviets "Litseist"), who, in fact, was used by the Germans
as a channel of disinformation and might have been instrumental in cementing Stalin's conviction that Hitler
did not intend to attack the USSR in 1941.
From July 1941 to January 1945, he was NKVD chief in Uzbekistan.
In 1944, as People’s Commissar (minister) of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan, he made administrative and logistical arrangements for the reception of the deported Crimean Tatars
in Uzbekistan.
He was sentenced to death on October 1, 1954, and shot on February 2, 1955.
Bogdan Kobulov
Bogdan Kobulov (Богда́н Заха́рович Кобулов) (1 March 1904 – 23 December 1953) was a SovietSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
politician and member of the Soviet security and police apparatus during and briefly after the Stalin years.
Kobulov was born in Tbilisi the son of an ethnic Armenian tailor. He joined the OGPU in 1931 and became one of Beria's closest associates.
He was a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (18th & 19th Congresses), and was Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the second convocation.
He held a series of senior posts in 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....
, the Soviet secret police, and was the most trusted henchman of the NKVD chief Lavrentiy Beria
Lavrentiy Beria
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a Georgian Soviet politician and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and Deputy Premier in the postwar years ....
. As head of the Investigative Branch of the USSR NKVD from December 22, 1938 to September 4, 1939, he was one of the major organizers of the political terror.
At the fall of Lavrentiy Beria, Kobulov was arrested along with his boss on June 27, 1953; he was convicted on multiple charges, including espionage, and sentenced to death and executed on December 23, 1953.
Amayak Kobulov
Bogdan Kobulov's younger brother, Amayak Zaharovich Kobulov (Амаяк Захарович Кобулов) (1906-1955), was also an NKVD officer. In the history of Soviet espionage he is noted for his stint in BerlinBerlin
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as chief of the Main Directorate of State Security Foreign Branch's rezidentura from September 1939 until June 1941. While in Berlin, in August 1940, he recruited a supposedly well-connected Latvian
Latvians
Latvians or Letts are the indigenous Baltic people of Latvia.-History:Latvians occasionally refer to themselves by the ancient name of Latvji, which may have originated from the word Latve which is a name of the river that presumably flowed through what is now eastern Latvia...
journalist Orest Berlinks (codenamed by the Soviets "Litseist"), who, in fact, was used by the Germans
Nazi Germany
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as a channel of disinformation and might have been instrumental in cementing Stalin's conviction that Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
did not intend to attack the USSR in 1941.
From July 1941 to January 1945, he was NKVD chief in Uzbekistan.
In 1944, as People’s Commissar (minister) of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan, he made administrative and logistical arrangements for the reception of the deported Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic ethnic group that originally resided in Crimea. They speak the Crimean Tatar language...
in Uzbekistan.
He was sentenced to death on October 1, 1954, and shot on February 2, 1955.