Vladimir Dekanozov | |
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| Born | June 1898 Baku (or Estonia), Russian Empire |
| Died | 23 December 1953 (aged 55) Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  USSR |
| Service | OGPU / GUGP / NKVD |
| Years of service | 1938–1953 |
| Rank |  Colonel General |
| Commands | Deputy Chief of the Soviet GUGB Deputy Chief of the Soviet NKID Chief of the Georgian NKVD |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Order of Lenin |
| Other work | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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Vladimir Georgievich Dekanozov (Russian: Влади́мир Гео́ргиевич Декано́зов; born Ivan Vasilyevich Protopopov; June 1898 – 23 December 1953) was a Soviet senior state security operative and diplomat.
According to the sentence issued by Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union he was an associate of the "Lavrentiy Beria gang" and was sentenced to death in 1953. The sentence was carried out shortly after.