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'''Genrikh Yagoda''' was born in 1891 to a [[Jewish]] family in [[Russian]]-occupied [[Poland]] (Lodz, Poland). After the [[October Revolution]], he joined the Communist secret police (the [[Cheka]]).  He took part in the [[Red Terror]] and 1930 took charge of forced labour camps (the [[gulag]]s).  He targeted Christians for special persecution and many of them died in the Gulags.  In 1937, Yagoda fell foul of Stalin, who accused him of ploting to overthrow the government.  He was put on trial, found guilty and executed on March 15, 1938.

'''Genrikh Yagoda''' was born in 1891 to a [[Jewish]] family in [[Russian]]-occupied [[Poland]] (Lodz, Poland). After the [[October Revolution]], he joined the Communist secret police (the [[Cheka]]).  He took part in the [[Red Terror]] and 1930 took charge of forced labour camps (the [[gulag]]s).  He targeted Christians for special persecution and many of them died in the Gulags.  In 1937, Yagoda fell foul of [[Joseph Stalin]], who accused him of ploting to overthrow the government.  He was put on trial, found guilty and executed on March 15, 1938.

[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSyagoda.htm]

[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSyagoda.htm]