Matvei Berman

Matvei Berman
Матвей Берман
Berman in 1938
Head of the Gulag
In office
9 June 1932 – 16 August 1937
Preceded byLazar Kogan
Succeeded byIsrael Pliner
Personal details
Born(1898-04-10)April 10, 1898
Chita, Transbaikal Oblast, Russian Empire
DiedMarch 7, 1939(1939-03-07) (aged 40)
Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Cause of deathExecution by shooting
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1918–1938)

Matvei Davidovich Berman (Russian: Матвей Давыдович Берман; April 10, 1898 – March 7, 1939) was a Soviet security officer and head of the Gulag Soviet prison camp system from 1932 to 1937.[1]

  1. ^ Khlevniuk, p. 346

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