Lev Leonidovich (Aronovich) Shvartzman | |
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| Native name | Лев Леони́дович (Аронович) Шва́рцман |
| Born | 25 July 1907 Shpola, Zvenigorodsky Uyezd. Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Cherkasy Oblast, Zvenyhorodka Raion, Ukraine) |
| Died | 13 May 1955 (aged 47) Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR (now Russia) |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service | NKVD |
| Years of service | 1937–1951 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Awards | Order of the Red Star |
Lev Leonidovich (Aronovich) Shvartzman (Russian: Лев Леони́дович (Аронович) Шва́рцман; 25 July 1907 – 13 May 1955) was a Soviet MGB officer, notorious for his brutality, who was executed for using torture to extract false confessions from prisoners. His victims included Marshal Blyukher, the writer Isaac Babel and the theatre director Vsevolod Meyerhold.