Back Lasar Iossifowitsch Kogan German לזר קוגן HE Łazar Kogan Polish Коган, Лазарь Иосифович Russian Коган Лазар Йосипович Ukrainian
Lazar Kogan | |
|---|---|
Лазарь Коган | |
| Head of the Gulag | |
| In office 16 June 1930 – 9 June 1932 | |
| Preceded by | Fedor Ivanovich Eichmans |
| Succeeded by | Matvey Davydovich Berman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 7, 1889 Elovka, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 3 March 1939 (aged 49) Kommunarka shooting ground, Kommunarka, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1918–1938) |
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Lazar Iosifovich Kogan (Russian: Ла́зарь Ио́сифович Ко́ган; November 7, 1889 – March 3, 1939) was a Soviet secret police (Cheka, OGPU, NKVD) high-ranking functionary,[1] chief of the Gulag (1930–1932) and deputy chief of the Gulag (1932–1936).
- ^ "Коган Л.И." at protivpytok.org, citing book: K.I. Zaleski Who's who in the NKVD. M. 1999. (in Russian)