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L. Z. Mekhlis

L. Z. Mekhlis

Former Minister of State Control of the Soviet Union
Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis was a Soviet politician and a prominent officer in the Red Army from 1937 to 1940. As a senior political commissar, he became one of the main Stavka representatives on the Eastern Front during World War II, being involved... Wikipedia
Born: January 13, 1889, Odesa, Ukraine
Died: February 13, 1953 (age 64 years), Moscow, Russia
Children: Leonid Mekhlis
Previous offices: Minister of State Control of the Soviet Union (1946–1950), Minister of State Control of the Soviet Union (1940–1941), and Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union (1940–1944)