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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 [[Joseph 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 [[Russia]]n-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.

<ref>http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSyagoda.htm</ref>

<ref>http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSyagoda.htm</ref>