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Ivan Alexandrovich Serov (Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Серóв; 13 August 1905 – 1 July 1990) was a Soviet intelligence officer who served as Chairman of the KGB from March 1954 to December 1958 and Director of the GRU from December 1958 to February 1963.
Aug 6, 2016 · “I have no doubts that Wallenberg was liquidated in 1947,” wrote Ivan A. Serov, a Soviet military man who ran the K.G.B. from 1954 to 1958. Tantalizing hints that Wallenberg, the scion of a...
The chairman of the KGB was the head of the Soviet KGB. He was assisted by one or two first deputy chairmen, and four to six deputy chairmen. He was also the head of the Collegium of the KGB —which consisted of the chairman, deputy chairmen, directorate chiefs, and one or two republic-level KGB organization chairmen—who affected key policy ...
No.PortraitName (birth–death)Term Of Office(took Office)1Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926)20 December 19176 February 19221Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926)6 February 192220 July 19262Vyacheslav Menzhinsky (1874–1934)30 July 192610 May 19343Genrikh Yagoda (1891–1936)10 July 193426 September 1936Ivan Alexandrovich Serov ( Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Серóв; 13 August 1905 – 1 July 1990) was a Soviet intelligence officer who served as Chairman of the KGB from March 1954 to December 1958 and Director of the GRU from December 1958 to February 1963.
Sep 28, 2016 · “I have no doubts that [Raoul] Wallenberg was liquidated in 1947.” A few weeks ago, this statement by the former Soviet State Security Committee (KGB) Chairman Ivan Serov in his recently posthumously published memoir made global headlines.
Aug 7, 2016 · The evidence ultimately came to light when the diary of the first KGB chief, Ivan A. Serov, was published in Russia in June. “I have no doubts that Wallenberg was liquidated in 1947,” wrote...
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Following the fall of Lavrentiy Beria – the longest-lived and most influential of Stalin’s secret police chiefs, particularly before, during and after World War Two – the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR (MVD) was restructured. The result was the formation of the KGB under Ivan Serov in March 1954. 2.
