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{{Villain_Infobox|Box title = Ivan Serov| | {{Villain_Infobox|Box title = Ivan Serov|Image = Ivan Aleksandrovich Serov.jpg|fullname = Ivan Alexandrovich Serov|alias = Ivan Serov|origin = Afimskoye, Kadnikov Uyezd, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire|occupation = Head of the KGB (March 1954 - December 1958) | ||
Head of the GRU (1958 to 1963)|crimes = Mass murder}}The State Security General '''Ivan Alexandrovich Serov''' (13 August 1905 – 1 July 1990) was a head of the [[KGB]] between March 1954 and December 1958. | Head of the GRU (1958 to 1963)|crimes = Mass [[murder]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Persecution of Christians]]<br>[[Polonophobia]]|type of villain = Corrupt Official}}The State Security General '''Ivan Alexandrovich Serov''' (Russian: Иван Александрович Серов, 13 August 1905 – 1 July 1990) was a first head of the [[KGB]] between March 1954 and December 1958. Serov was also the head of the GRU between 1958 and 1963. | ||
Serov helped establish a variety of secret police forces in Central and Eastern Europe after the lowering of the Iron Curtain | Serov was removed from his post as head of the KGB in 1958 after a few hints by [[Nikita Khrushchev]]. Khrushchev had said that Western visitors could expect that they "wouldn't see so many policemen around the place" and that the Soviet police force would need to undergo a restructuring. | ||
Under [[Lavrentiy Beria]], he was the Deputy Commissar of the NKVD. He played a large role in the power struggle after [[Joseph Stalin]] died. Serov helped establish a variety of secret police forces in Central and Eastern Europe after the lowering of the Iron Curtain. He played an important role in crushing the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. | |||
He headed both the KGB and the GRU, making him a unique figure in Soviet/Russian history. Inside the Soviet security forces, he was well known for showing off to his colleagues that he could "break every bone in a man's body without killing him". | He headed both the KGB and the GRU, making him a unique figure in Soviet/Russian history. Inside the Soviet security forces, he was well known for showing off to his colleagues that he could "break every bone in a man's body without killing him". | ||
There is possibility that he shot [[Nikolai Yezhov]]. | |||
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