The Origins of the Cheka

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Was born on April, 11th 1908. in Moscow to a workers family.
1930 - Member VKP with г.
1932 - In body of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs.
Joined the NKVD in 1935, from 1942-46 became a friend and worked tightly with Beriya. He is known for plundering post war areas.
1941 - he is appointed the assistant narkoma People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR.
1941-1943 - head of department of Special departments of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR.
1943 - chief of Central administrative board NKO.
1946 - 1951 - minister of a state security of the USSR. As a general-colonel
In 1950, he replaced Kruglov in the head of the MGB because Kruglov lost Stalin's trust. However, Beriya saw Abakumov as a huge threat to his own position and so he collected necessary "evidence" of Abakumov's prepared revolution. Abakumov was sent to a work camp in 1951, where he probably died later. Although some sources say that he was executed in 1954.