Eduard Berzin
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Eduard Petrovich Berzin (Russian: Эдуа́рд Петро́вич Бе́рзин, Latvian: Eduards Bērziņš; 19 February 1894 – 1 August 1938) was a Soviet soldier, Chekist and NKVD officer that set up Dalstroy, which instituted a system of slave-labor camps in Kolyma, North-Eastern Siberia, one of the most brutal Gulag regions, where hundreds of thousands of political prisoners died or were murdered in subsequent decades.
Quick Facts Director of the Dalstroy, Premier ...
Eduard Berzin | |
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Эдуард Петрович Берзин | |
Director of the Dalstroy | |
In office 14 November 1931 – 1937 | |
Premier | Joseph Stalin |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Karp Pavlov |
Personal details | |
Born | Eduards Berziņš 19 February September [O.S. 7 February] 1893 Kreis Wolmar, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Latvia) |
Died | 1 August 1938 Moscow, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Soviet |
Political party | VKP(b) |
Spouse | Elza Mittenberga |
Children | Pyotr, Mirza |
Alma mater | Royal Academy of the Arts (Berlin) |
Awards | Russian Order of St. George 4th Class and others |
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