Matvei Berman | |
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Матвей Берман | |
Head of the Gulag | |
In office 9 June 1932 – 16 August 1937 | |
Preceded by | Lazar Kogan |
Succeeded by | Israel Pliner |
Personal details | |
Born | Chita, Transbaikal Oblast, Russian Empire | April 10, 1898
Died | March 7, 1939 Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union | (aged 40)
Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1918–1938) |
Matvei Davidovich Berman (Russian: Матвей Давыдович Берман; April 10, 1898 – March 7, 1939) was a Soviet security officer and head of the Gulag Soviet prison camp system from 1932 to 1937.[1]