Genrikh Lyushkov
Genrikh Lyushkov | |
|---|---|
| Генрих Люшков | |
| Born | 1900 |
| Died | August 19, 1945 (aged 45) |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Spouse | Inna Lyushkova |
| Children | 1 |
| Far Eastern Commander of the NKVD | |
| In office 31 July 1937 – 13 June 1938 | |
| Preceded by | Terenti Deribas |
| Succeeded by | Grigori Gorbach |
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Genrikh Samoilovich Lyushkov (Russian: Генрих Самойлович Люшков; 1900 – 19 August 1945) was a Soviet secret police officer. A high-ranking officer of the NKVD, he played a role in implementing Stalin's Great Purge. When, in 1938, he suspected he would soon fall victim to the purge, he fled to Japan, becoming the highest-ranking NKVD defector in the organization's history. Thereafter, he acted as a major source of intelligence for Imperial Japan about the Soviet Union. At the end of World War II, he was killed by the Japanese in order to prevent him from falling back into Soviet hands.