Vladimir Dekanozov

Vladimir Dekanozov
BornJune 1898
Baku (or Estonia), Russian Empire
Died23 December 1953 (aged 55)
Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
AllegianceSoviet Union USSR
Service / branchOGPU / GUGP / NKVD
Years of service1938–1953
Rank Colonel General
CommandsDeputy Chief of the Soviet GUGB
Deputy Chief of the Soviet NKID
Chief of the Georgian NKVD
Battles / warsWorld War II
AwardsOrder of Lenin
Other workDeputy 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.