@Kuntry Boned Well, if you look at the history of the real Tommy DeSimone, you realize that he was unbelieveble maniac. Worse than the one Joe Pesci played. But yes, Yezhov was something that very few of us can imagine. He was so sadisticly twisted and loved to do evil things. One of his fixations was to "pay back" for men who were much bigger than him, and women who were also bigger but also like to chose those taller and hansome men over this little weardo. But finally, when Yezhov had those men and women standing front of him, helpless, striped nude and crying for mercy in the cold dirty prison cellar, he smiled and considered him self as a winner. Torturing and killing them was a great fun for Yezhov. Yezhov had some sexual issues. Maybe the last scene in the movie "007/ Man With The Golden Gun" where Nick Nack is peeping James and Goodnight fucking in bed, and try to kill them.
@@jackwoods535 I grew up at the end of the cold war....was 11 when the wall came down....TBH I think my fascination with stalin originated when I read he was from Georga and I mistakenly thought it was the one with ATL , and I thought his stashe was way cooler than hitlers........IMO as a historical figure he was more fascinating than hitler or churchill
Check out True Stories by Lev Razgon. While it's interesting in its own right (memoirs and analytics from the ground zero of Stalin's purges), there's a spicy bonus to that story. If you've ever read Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, you know Voland, the devil. Voland and his demonic goons were actually an allegory for NKVD agents that took over Moscow, and Voland himself was based on Gleb Bokiy, a very interesting individual who, among other things, was an occultist. He's also headed NKVD's "Special Department". Well... Razgon worked there too. And that's how he's gotten the pass to the Congress of the Soviets - a literal who's who of Lenin's party elite, a Congress every attendee of which has ended up imprisoned or executed.
The Kirov assassination 1934 , according to many historyians was ordered by Stalin himself , and he placed Yezhov to investigate the murder to undermine Yagoda who was the NKVD chief at the time. It led to Yezhov replacing Yagoda in 1936 and the purge continued until the late 1938 and by then Yezhov was blamed for the bloodletting and executed in 1940. The purge was orchestrated the whole time by Stalin himself in getting rid of Lenins old comrades and the party itself and the military followed after and lastly the NKVD was in being blamed for the excesses and killed thousands of officers and officials within.
@@aliferrari1680 Stalin literally propped up and made bridges with his greatest rival Trotsky at first. Stalin wasn't some petulant child. In personal life he was humble and kind albeit an imposing figure when at work. Molotov recalled him fondly
He signed in 1930-38 the Secret Nkvd Orders under which millions were executed (category 1) or sent to the Gulag (category 2) because they were "enemies of the people", like Socialists or "rich peasants" ("kulaks ") and their families, or they were from specifically targetted ethnic groups: Poles, Chinese from Harbin, etc.
As far as I can tell, Yezhov did what Stalin wanted him to do. And Stalin smartly stood behind Yezhov as he took the Purge WAY too far, and gave Stalin a way out of receiving blame for the worst excesses of the Great Purge.
From what I got about guy was he a good communist and a good leader of the kgb and found a lot of people actually stealing from Russia’s communism and it kept leading to Stalin stealing the most. People where in distress and Stalin used him as a fall guy but everything just went on like usual.
i mean, as far as i know the yezhovschina was just him and counterrevolutionary activity trying to get rid of Stalin, Molotov and Kalinin. They did kill Kirov, but Yezhov got involved a bit later in all of this. Watch Finnish Bolshevik video on this, he for sure had great material on the subject.
I cant help imaging Yezhov sitting in a bar with some guys and asking one of them "I'm funny eh? Funny how, how am i funny?
@Kuntry Boned Exactly
@Kuntry Boned Well, if you look at the history of the real Tommy DeSimone, you realize that he was unbelieveble maniac. Worse than the one Joe Pesci played.
But yes, Yezhov was something that very few of us can imagine. He was so sadisticly twisted and loved to do evil things. One of his fixations was to "pay back" for men who were much bigger than him, and women who were also bigger but also like to chose those taller and hansome men over this little weardo. But finally, when Yezhov had those men and women standing front of him, helpless, striped nude and crying for mercy in the cold dirty prison cellar, he smiled and considered him self as a winner. Torturing and killing them was a great fun for Yezhov.
Yezhov had some sexual issues. Maybe the last scene in the movie "007/ Man With The Golden Gun" where Nick Nack is peeping James and Goodnight fucking in bed, and try to kill them.
@Kuntry Boned He did. Actually they killed Yezhov in the execution room desinged by him self.
@@ristomattikolsi5711 that he had yagoda executed in!
Excellent historian, I have so much respect for this man.
OK. I too am a fan of the era, and I definitely learned things in this conversation. I need to read Getty.
im a texan and also fascinated with stalin era soviet history
@@jackwoods535 I grew up at the end of the cold war....was 11 when the wall came down....TBH I think my fascination with stalin originated when I read he was from Georga and I mistakenly thought it was the one with ATL , and I thought his stashe was way cooler than hitlers........IMO as a historical figure he was more fascinating than hitler or churchill
Check out True Stories by Lev Razgon. While it's interesting in its own right (memoirs and analytics from the ground zero of Stalin's purges), there's a spicy bonus to that story.
If you've ever read Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, you know Voland, the devil. Voland and his demonic goons were actually an allegory for NKVD agents that took over Moscow, and Voland himself was based on Gleb Bokiy, a very interesting individual who, among other things, was an occultist. He's also headed NKVD's "Special Department". Well... Razgon worked there too. And that's how he's gotten the pass to the Congress of the Soviets - a literal who's who of Lenin's party elite, a Congress every attendee of which has ended up imprisoned or executed.
This was pure evilness on earth! Hitler did not killed this amount of people 😭
I love Getty
I love Beria!
@@ivandenisovichshukhov I love Dzerzhinsky!
@@eamonwright7488 I hate Yeltsin
He must be one of gods people
The Kirov assassination 1934 , according to many historyians was ordered by Stalin himself
, and he placed Yezhov to investigate the murder to undermine Yagoda who was the NKVD chief at the time. It led to Yezhov replacing Yagoda in 1936 and the purge continued until the late 1938 and by then Yezhov was blamed for the bloodletting and executed in 1940. The purge was orchestrated the whole time by Stalin himself in getting rid of Lenins old comrades and the party itself and the military followed after and lastly the NKVD was in being blamed for the excesses and killed thousands of officers and officials within.
Bro what? Kirov was Stalin's biggest ally
It was Zinoviev broo 😭😭😭
@whythelongface64 Yes he was, but his popularity with the communist party made Stalin intensely jealous
@@aliferrari1680 Stalin literally propped up and made bridges with his greatest rival Trotsky at first. Stalin wasn't some petulant child. In personal life he was humble and kind albeit an imposing figure when at work. Molotov recalled him fondly
He signed in 1930-38 the Secret Nkvd Orders under which millions were executed (category 1) or sent to the Gulag (category 2) because they were "enemies of the people", like Socialists or "rich peasants" ("kulaks ") and their families, or they were from specifically targetted ethnic groups: Poles, Chinese from Harbin, etc.
As far as I can tell, Yezhov did what Stalin wanted him to do. And Stalin smartly stood behind Yezhov as he took the Purge WAY too far, and gave Stalin a way out of receiving blame for the worst excesses of the Great Purge.
Hi was e gay
He was bisexual.
@@jamiewulfyr4607 really????? I knew beria was a perv but didnt know this
was his wife jewish ?
yes
Hitler was 50% jewish, Goebbels 75% jewish.
@Chi Chi 85%?
@Chi Chi 90%?
Edit: Deez nuts???
How relevant? He had TWO wives: Antonia Titova (m. 1919; div. 1930) and Yevgenia Feigenberg (m. 1930; died 1938)
Seldomwhat an awful example of humanity
From what I got about guy was he a good communist and a good leader of the kgb and found a lot of people actually stealing from Russia’s communism and it kept leading to Stalin stealing the most. People where in distress and Stalin used him as a fall guy but everything just went on like usual.
i mean, as far as i know the yezhovschina was just him and counterrevolutionary activity trying to get rid of Stalin, Molotov and Kalinin. They did kill Kirov, but Yezhov got involved a bit later in all of this.
Watch Finnish Bolshevik video on this, he for sure had great material on the subject.
He died before the kgb was established
He was nothing but a bloody murderer and a brutal leader.
@@frorproductions5571 No, KGB is simply a new name for the NKVD.
@@gabrielchillemi972 why would anyone watch the Finnish Bolshevik