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The history of the NKVD is punctuated with names that signify oppression: figures like Beria, Nikolai Yezhov, and various deputies who executed Stalin’s bloody purges. Beria himself, born in Georgia, exploited his position to instigate executions and torturous interrogations, marking his name in infamy for overseeing the Great Purge, a campaign marked by mass arrests and executions that targeted perceived political enemies.