From Dzerzhinsky in 1917 to Bakatin in 1991 21 person took turns heading the state security agencies of the #USSR. The fate of these people was completely different. We will tell you about each of them. 00:44 Dzerzhinsky. The Founding Father. 1917-1926. 04:20 Menzhinsky. The Successor. 1926-1934. 05:25 Yagoda. The first shot. 1934-1936. 09:16 Yezhov. The Bloody Dwarf. 1936-1938/ Support our channel: Written by Eduard Andryushchenko. Host: Pavlo Morkovkin. Video editor: Slava Chizhenok. Design by Alyona Troyan. I'm Eduard Andryushchenko, a Ukrainian historian and journalist. KGB Files is a history channel presenting fascinating stories I find in declassified #KGB archives. Twitter: Telegram: (in Ukrainian) or (in Russian) Contains music: Dangerous
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