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Soviet intelligence officer (1905–1990)
Ivan Alexandrovich Serov (Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Серóв; 13 August 1905 – 1 July 1990) was a Soviet intelligence officer who served as Chairman of
Ivan_Serov
Main Soviet security agency from 1954 to 1991
fall of Beria in June 1953 resulted in the formation of the KGB under Ivan Serov in March 1954. Secretary Leonid Brezhnev overthrew Premier Nikita Khrushchev
KGB
Soviet general and politician (1907–1977)
the 1940s and were carried out alongside his comrade-in-arms General Ivan Serov.[citation needed] Kruglov was fluent in several foreign languages, including
Sergei_Kruglov_(politician)
Movement and former far-right political party in Poland
same time, it has expressed support for the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, Ivan Serov, national communism of Władysław Gomułka, as well as Bolesław Piasecki
Rodacy_Kamraci
NKVD director under Joseph Stalin (1895–1940)
Intelligence that there were "grounds for believing that" future KGB chairman Ivan Serov "played a personal part" in Yezhov's death, although he did not elaborate
Nikolai_Yezhov
the KGB remained stable until 1991. KGB – Committee for State Security Ivan Serov (March 13, 1954 – December 8, 1958) Konstantin Lunev [ru] (December 8
Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies
Chronology_of_Soviet_secret_police_agencies
Soviet military commander
disarming Armia Krajowa (AK), Chernyakhovsky, along with the General Ivan Serov, sent by the NKVD, held talks with the leadership of the Wilno Branch
Ivan_Chernyakhovsky
Strain of communism in the Polish People's Republic
While in detention, Piasecki caught the attention of Soviet general Ivan Serov, who praised Piasecki as "genius boy" and held long conversations with
Endokomuna
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1984
Ustinov, Gromyko, Georgi Markov (head of the Union of Soviet Writers), and Ivan Senkin (First Secretary of the Karelian Regional Committee of the CPSU).
Yuri_Andropov
Citizen rebellion in Hungary
Politburo members Anastas Mikoyan and Mikhail Suslov, as well as KGB Chairman Ivan Serov and Mikhail Malinin, commander-in-chief of the Soviet forces in Hungary
Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
Soviet document on 1941 Baltic deportations
Latvia, and Estonia) was an undated top secret document, signed by General Ivan Serov, Deputy People's Commissar for State Security of the Soviet Union (NKGB)
Serov_Instructions
Post WWII Soviet secret operation
direction of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD), headed by Ivan Serov, rounded up German scientists and transported them by rail to the USSR
Operation_Osoaviakhim
Soviet secret police chief (1899–1953)
23 December 1953 with no defence counsel and no right of appeal. Marshal Ivan Konev was the chairman of the court. Beria was found guilty of: Treason.
Lavrentiy_Beria
Soviet politician and intelligence officer; Chairman of the KGB (1958–1961)
central intelligence and security service, the KGB, replacing Army General Ivan Serov. Khrushchev saw Shelepin as a very good choice for KGB chief, for several
Alexander_Shelepin
Soviet secret police, intelligence and counter-intelligence force
who became People's Commissar of State Security. His first deputy was Ivan Serov, a former Commissar 3rd rank of State Security, and two deputies, Bogdan
People's Commissariat for State Security
People's_Commissariat_for_State_Security
Russian painter (1865–1911)
Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (Russian: Валентин Александрович Серов; 19 January [O.S. 7 January] 1865 – 5 December 1911) was a Russian painter and draughtsman
Valentin_Serov
Soviet military officer and politician (1881–1969)
Mantsev Ivan Nikolayenko Sergei Buzdalin Vsevolod Balitsky Vasiliy Ivanov Izrail Leplevsky Aleksandr Uspensky Vasiliy Osokin Amayak Kobulov Ivan Serov Vasyl
Kliment_Voroshilov
that parts of the evidence of the events relied on reports gathered by Ivan Serov which "contain[ed] obvious errors and reflect[ed] lazy police work". As
Early_life_of_Joseph_Stalin
Boris Rodos – NKVD interrogator notorious for torture; executed in 1956. Ivan Serov – NKVD official involved in later stages of repression. Efim Shchadenko
Outline of the Great Purge (Soviet Union)
Outline_of_the_Great_Purge_(Soviet_Union)
Precursor Minister of State Security Formation 13 March 1954 First holder Ivan Serov Final holder Vadim Bakatin Abolished 3 December 1991 Superseded by Head
List_of_chairmen_of_the_KGB
Soviet military intelligence agency (1918–92)
Was Stalin' Agent. London: Hamish Hamilton. "Soviet Defectors Database, Ivan Matveyevich Grachev". "Soviet Defectors Database, Georgiy Petrovich Ryabtsev"
Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)
Main_Intelligence_Directorate_(Soviet_Union)
Topics referred to by the same term
camp Iván Marino Ospina (1940–1985), Colombian guerilla Ivan Serov (1905–1990), Soviet intelligence officer and first chairman of the KGB Ivan the Terrible
Ivan the Terrible (disambiguation)
Ivan_the_Terrible_(disambiguation)
18th-century German immigrants to the Volga region of Russia
Saratov, and Stalingrad Oblasts", assigning the deputy head of the NKVD, Ivan Serov, to command this operation. He also allocated NKVD and Red Army troops
Volga_Germans
Soviet security official (1908–1954)
(1953–1954) Lavrentiy Beria (1953) Sergei Kruglov (1953–54) KGB (1954–1991) Ivan Serov (1954–58) Konstantin Lunev [ru]* Alexander Shelepin (1958–61) Pyotr Ivashutin
Viktor_Abakumov
Surname list
player Ivan Serov (1905–1990), head of the KGB in 1954–1958 and of the GRU in 1958–1963 Marina Serova (born 1966), Soviet figure skater Roman Serov (b. 1976)
Serov
British spy in the USSR (1919–1963)
vigilance.' Three other officers were also disciplined. The head of the GRU, Ivan Serov, was sacked during the same period. He was reputedly on friendly terms
Oleg_Penkovsky
War crimes and massacres in World War II (1939–1945)
Lithuania War crimes Vladimir Dekanozov, Andrey Vyshinsky, Andrei Zhdanov, Ivan Serov, Joseph Stalin An NKVD-committed deportation of hundreds of thousands
War_crimes_in_World_War_II
Swedish diplomat and humanitarian (1912–1945)
Wallenberg's death came to light when the diary of KGB head Ivan Serov surfaced after Serov's granddaughter found the diary hidden in a wall of her house
Raoul_Wallenberg
Polish actor and far-right activist
communism, reflecting positively on the Polish People's Republic and praising Ivan Serov and Bolesław Piasecki. Olszański has been the subject of several lawsuits
Wojciech_Olszański
Soviet secret police official (1891–1938)
be an effective head of the OGPU until July 1931, when the Old Bolshevik Ivan Akulov was appointed First Deputy Chairman, and Yagoda was demoted to the
Genrikh_Yagoda
Soviet revolutionary and politician (1877–1926)
(1953–1954) Lavrentiy Beria (1953) Sergei Kruglov (1953–54) KGB (1954–1991) Ivan Serov (1954–58) Konstantin Lunev [ru]* Alexander Shelepin (1958–61) Pyotr Ivashutin
Felix_Dzerzhinsky
1944 Soviet ethnic cleansing and genocide
Soviet secret police, the NKVD, and his subordinates Bogdan Kobulov, Ivan Serov, B. P. Obruchnikov, M.G. Svinelupov, and A. N. Apolonov. The field operations
Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars
Soviet and Eastern Bloc police force
August 7, 1937) Vasily Chernyshev (August 7, 1937 – February 18, 1939) Ivan Serov (February 18, 1939 – July 29, 1939) Pavel Zuev (July 29, 1939 – March
Militsiya
Polish politician and writer (1915–1979)
and imprisoned in Lublin Castle. After being interrogated by Marshal Ivan Serov, in a drastic conversion from his previous stance began to cooperate with
Bolesław_Piasecki
Combatant organizations opposed to Nazi Germany
Unity and the C-i-C of the Armia Krajowa, were invited by Soviet general Ivan Serov with agreement of Joseph Stalin to a conference on their eventual entry
Polish resistance movement in World War II
Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II
1943 forced resettlement of the Kalmyk minority within the Soviet Union
at the same time. NKVD chief Lavrentiy Beria and his deputy commissar Ivan Serov implemented the forced relocation on direct orders from Soviet Premier
Deportation_of_the_Kalmyks
Soviet massacre of Polish military officers and intelligentsia in 1940
of arrests resulted in the imprisonment of additional Polish officers. Ivan Serov reported to Lavrentiy Beria on 3 December that "in all, 1,057 former officers
Katyn_massacre
Soviet intelligence officer (1902–1940)
Mantsev Ivan Nikolayenko Sergei Buzdalin Vsevolod Balitsky Vasiliy Ivanov Izrail Leplevsky Aleksandr Uspensky Vasiliy Osokin Amayak Kobulov Ivan Serov Vasyl
Aleksandr_Uspensky
Secret police agency of Communist Poland (1945–1954)
advisor to the MPB was Major General Ivan Serov, a well-trained Stalinist experienced with Soviet security organs. Serov became commander of the NKVD-run
Ministry of Public Security (Poland)
Ministry_of_Public_Security_(Poland)
Government of Poland from 1944 to 1945
PPR. Semi-official control of the RTRP was exercised by Soviet General Ivan Serov. Some Polish Communists, like Władysław Gomułka and Edward Ochab, were
Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland
Provisional_Government_of_the_Republic_of_Poland
Resistance against the communist government in Poland
country. Meanwhile, acting together under the command of Soviet General Ivan Serov, the forces of the NKVD, SMERSH and the Polish communist secret service
Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1953)
Anti-communist_resistance_in_Poland_(1944–1953)
Soviet politician and intelligence officer (1895–1953)
(1953–1954) Lavrentiy Beria (1953) Sergei Kruglov (1953–54) KGB (1954–1991) Ivan Serov (1954–58) Konstantin Lunev [ru]* Alexander Shelepin (1958–61) Pyotr Ivashutin
Vsevolod_Merkulov
Soviet politician and chairman of the KGB (1924–2007)
(1953–1954) Lavrentiy Beria (1953) Sergei Kruglov (1953–54) KGB (1954–1991) Ivan Serov (1954–58) Konstantin Lunev [ru]* Alexander Shelepin (1958–61) Pyotr Ivashutin
Vladimir_Kryuchkov
Russian politician (1937–2022)
(1953–1954) Lavrentiy Beria (1953) Sergei Kruglov (1953–54) KGB (1954–1991) Ivan Serov (1954–58) Konstantin Lunev [ru]* Alexander Shelepin (1958–61) Pyotr Ivashutin
Vadim_Bakatin
direction of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD), headed by Ivan Serov, rounded up German scientists and transported them by rail to the USSR
List of Germans transported to the USSR via Operation Osoaviakhim
List_of_Germans_transported_to_the_USSR_via_Operation_Osoaviakhim
Latvian Communist Revolutionary
(1953–1954) Lavrentiy Beria (1953) Sergei Kruglov (1953–54) KGB (1954–1991) Ivan Serov (1954–58) Konstantin Lunev [ru]* Alexander Shelepin (1958–61) Pyotr Ivashutin
Jēkabs_Peterss
Soviet politician (1904-1983)
KGB), Viktor Abakumov, who had been accused of corruption by a rival, Ivan Serov When Abakumov was dismissed and arrested, in July 1951, Ignatiev was originally
Semyon_Ignatiev
Government of the Soviet Union
March 1953 29 June 1953 Maksim Saburov 29 June 1953 27 April 1954 Chair of State Committee for State Security (KGB) Ivan Serov 13 March 1954 27 April 1954
Malenkov's_first_government
Soviet politician (1874–1934)
(1953–1954) Lavrentiy Beria (1953) Sergei Kruglov (1953–54) KGB (1954–1991) Ivan Serov (1954–58) Konstantin Lunev [ru]* Alexander Shelepin (1958–61) Pyotr Ivashutin
Vyacheslav_Menzhinsky
Soviet Intelligence Officer
organisation known as the Red Orchestra. Korotkov was an associate of Ivan Serov. Korotkov's father, Mikhail Korotkov was a banker who worked before the
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Korotkov
Aleksandr_Mikhaylovich_Korotkov
East German secret police chief (1907–2000)
East Germany. That same month, Mielke's future handler, NKGB General Ivan Serov, travelled to Germany from Warsaw and, from his headquarters in the Berlin
Erich_Mielke
Poland's highest military decoration
in Poland. In 1995, President Lech Wałęsa revoked the Order given to Ivan Serov, who was accused of being responsible for the deaths of thousands of Poles
Virtuti_Militari
Month of 1963
would be forced into exile three weeks later, on February 24. General Ivan Serov was dismissed from his job as Director of the GRU and replaced by Pyotr
February_1963
Nazi plan to create a resistance force operating behind enemy lines
in NKVD special camps. On 22 June 1945, Deputy Commissar of the NKVD Ivan Serov reported to the head of the NKVD Lavrentiy Beria the arrest of "more than
Werwolf
Ethnic cleansing in the Soviet Union
Rostov Region: this operation was perpetrated by Lavrentiy Beria's deputy, Ivan Serov, who arrived from Kerch, and G. Karandadze. A further 16,375 Greeks were
Deportation of the Soviet Greeks
Deportation_of_the_Soviet_Greeks
Soviet republic from 1940 to 1990
Estonia. In preparation, General Ivan Serov, Deputy People's Commissar of Public Security of the Soviet Union, signed the Serov Instructions, "Regarding the
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic
1936–1938 campaign in the Soviet Union
Commission established that no such flight took place. Another defendant, Ivan Smirnov, admitted taking part in the assassination of Sergei Kirov in December
Great_Purge
Ukrainian Soviet NKVD officer (1910–1953)
Mantsev Ivan Nikolayenko Sergei Buzdalin Vsevolod Balitsky Vasiliy Ivanov Izrail Leplevsky Aleksandr Uspensky Vasiliy Osokin Amayak Kobulov Ivan Serov Vasyl
Pavlo_Meshyk
Hungarian chronicler and participant in the 1956 revolution (1922-2001)
after the fighting had ceased. On November 5, 1956, he was arrested by Ivan Serov, the head of the KGB. Placed on trial with Nagy and his associates, Kopácsi
Sándor_Kopácsi
Term applied to a variety of anti-Soviet and anti-communist Polish resistance movements
Commander-in-Chief of the Armia Krajowa, were invited by Soviet general Ivan Serov, with the agreement of Joseph Stalin, to a conference on their eventual
Cursed_soldiers
November 14, 1938 Amayak Kobulov December 7, 1938–September 2, 1939 (acting) Ivan Serov September 2, 1939–February 25, 1941 Vasyl Serhiyenko February 26, 1941–July
List of ministers of internal affairs (Ukraine)
List_of_ministers_of_internal_affairs_(Ukraine)
person". Suvorov describes an ideal; the one-time head of the GRU, Gen. Ivan Serov, was willing to explore potential agents who gave plausible information
Recruitment_of_spies
Soviet politician (1923–1999)
(1953–1954) Lavrentiy Beria (1953) Sergei Kruglov (1953–54) KGB (1954–1991) Ivan Serov (1954–58) Konstantin Lunev [ru]* Alexander Shelepin (1958–61) Pyotr Ivashutin
Viktor_Chebrikov
Ukrainian revolutionary and Soviet politician (1896–1937)
Mantsev Ivan Nikolayenko Sergei Buzdalin Vsevolod Balitsky Vasiliy Ivanov Izrail Leplevsky Aleksandr Uspensky Vasiliy Osokin Amayak Kobulov Ivan Serov Vasyl
Yuriy_Kotsiubynsky
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964
lure two of Beria's most powerful deputy ministers, Sergei Kruglov and Ivan Serov, to betray their boss. This allowed Khrushchev and Malenkov to arrest
Nikita_Khrushchev
1941 deportation of people from Soviet-occupied territories
"[unreliable source?] The procedure for the deportations was approved by Ivan Serov in the Serov Instructions. People were deported without trials in whole families
June_deportation
Immediately after the elections, NKVD units under the leadership of Ivan Serov arrested more than 15,000 "hostile elements" and members of their families
Sovietization of the Baltic states
Sovietization_of_the_Baltic_states
1920–1945 Soviet intelligence operation
Holodomor and generally, during the Great Terror). He even appointed Ivan Serov, the head of the KGB to do this delicate task for him during the mid-to-late
Maki_Mirage
Soviet Armenian politician and statesman (1897–1938)
On May 27, 1937, Alikhanyan was arrested by the NKVD on the orders of Ivan Serov and Lavrentiy Beria, charged with allowing "undesirables" into the organization
Gevorg_Alikhanyan
Espionage strategy
Reader's Digest Assn. ISBN 0-88349-164-8. Serov, Ivan A. "Work with Walk-Ins". Studies in Intelligence. CIA-Serov. Archived from the original on November
Clandestine human intelligence
Clandestine_human_intelligence
Government of the Soviet Union
Planning Commission Maksim Saburov 27 April 1954 8 February 1955 Chair of State Committee for State Security (KGB) Ivan Serov 27 April 1954 8 February 1955
Malenkov's_second_government
Mining company in East Germany
lead this enterprise. He was under the direct command of Colonel General Ivan Serov, head of the NKVD/MVD in the Soviet Zone of Occupation and Beria's deputy
Wismut_(company)
Soviet intelligence chairman
(1953–1954) Lavrentiy Beria (1953) Sergei Kruglov (1953–54) KGB (1954–1991) Ivan Serov (1954–58) Konstantin Lunev [ru]* Alexander Shelepin (1958–61) Pyotr Ivashutin
Leonid_Shebarshin
KGB Chairman (1961–1967)
(1953–1954) Lavrentiy Beria (1953) Sergei Kruglov (1953–54) KGB (1954–1991) Ivan Serov (1954–58) Konstantin Lunev [ru]* Alexander Shelepin (1958–61) Pyotr Ivashutin
Vladimir_Semichastny
List of people with the same nickname
leader of the Know Nothing political movement, known as "Bill the Butcher" Ivan Serov (1905–1990), Soviet intelligence officer and first chairman of the KGB
Butcher_(nickname)
Major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army
Unity and the C-i-C of the Armia Krajowa, were invited by Soviet general Ivan Serov with agreement of Joseph Stalin to a conference on their eventual entry
Warsaw_Uprising
World War II event
an order, according to which Narkom of the NKVD in the Ukrainian SSR Ivan Serov had to organize the NKVD operational groups (opergroups). They were tasked
Soviet annexation of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia
Soviet_annexation_of_Eastern_Galicia_and_Volhynia
states. In preparation, General Ivan Serov, Deputy People's Commissar of Public Security of the Soviet Union, signed the Serov Instructions, "Regarding the
History_of_Latvia
1944 Soviet ethnic cleansing and genocide
least October 1943, and included Beria's two most trusted NKVD officers, Ivan Serov and Bogdan Kobulov. Beria complained to Stalin about the "low level of
Operation_Lentil_(Caucasus)
Russian actor (born 1965)
Popov in the James Bond film Die Another Day. He also played the role of Ivan Alexandrovich Schischkin in Bridge of Spies. Mikhail Gorevoy graduated with
Mikhail_Gorevoy
Mass deportations in 1941 and 1945–52 of Lithuanians
NKVD and NKGB troops from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. Ivan Serov issued instructions, known as Serov Instructions, detailing how the deportees should be
Soviet deportations from Lithuania
Soviet_deportations_from_Lithuania
Ukrainian Branch of the KGB
Leplevsky (1937—1938) Aleksandr Uspensky (1938) Amayak Kobulov (1938–1939) Ivan Serov (1939–1941) Pavlo Meshyk (1941) Vasyl Serhiyenko (1941–1943) Vasyl Riasnoy
Committee for State Security (Ukraine)
Committee_for_State_Security_(Ukraine)
Soviet security officer (1894–1938)
Mantsev Ivan Nikolayenko Sergei Buzdalin Vsevolod Balitsky Vasiliy Ivanov Izrail Leplevsky Aleksandr Uspensky Vasiliy Osokin Amayak Kobulov Ivan Serov Vasyl
Izrail_Leplevsky
Polish officer and spy (1896-?)
Warsaw Uprising, he found himself in Warsaw, where he probably died. Ivan Serov maintained that Sosnowski was executed by the Home Army in 1944; but Pavel
Jerzy_Sosnowski
Borys Ivchenko, Ukrainian actor and film director (b. 1941) July 1 – Ivan Serov, 1st Chairman of the Committee for State Security (b. 1905) July 4 — Pavel
1990_in_the_Soviet_Union
Staged trial of 16 leaders of the Polish Secret State held by the Soviet Union
Commander-in-chief of the Armia Krajowa, were invited by Soviet general Ivan Serov (with agreement of Joseph Stalin) to a conference on their eventual entry
Trial_of_the_Sixteen
Ukrainian nationalist Insurgency against the Soviet Union
were headed by S. Kasyan ("Korop"), and the general command was headed by Ivan Kedyulych ("Chubchyk"). During the crossing of the fronts through the Carpathians
Anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Anti-Soviet_resistance_by_the_Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army
Month of 1946
as a country musician, signing a contract with Fred Rose in Nashville. Ivan Serov completed his report to Joseph Stalin about the fate of Stalin's son,
September_1946
Soviet politician (1902–1966)
officer, Ignatov apparently formed an alliance with the head of the KGB, Ivan Serov, arousing the suspicion of Khrushchev's second in command, Aleksey Kirichenko
Nikolai_Ignatov
Ukrainian Soviet security and intelligence officer and politician
(1953–1954) Lavrentiy Beria (1953) Sergei Kruglov (1953–54) KGB (1954–1991) Ivan Serov (1954–58) Konstantin Lunev [ru]* Alexander Shelepin (1958–61) Pyotr Ivashutin
Vitaly_Fedorchuk
Soviet politician
office December 1938 – 1939 Preceded by Alexander Uspensky Succeeded by Ivan Serov Personal details Born Amayak Zakharovich Kobulov 1906 Tiflis, Russian
Amayak_Kobulov
Times, 25 July 2004. "While [at the same time] the NKVD under General Ivan Serov was unleashing another brutal purge against the Poles in the liberated
Soviet_war_crimes
2005 British TV series or programme
Khrushchev Simon Day – Kammler Nicholas Rowe – R. V. Jones Mikhail Gorevoy – Ivan Serov Stephen Greif – Colonel Holger Toftoy Anna Barkan – Ksenia Koroleva Max
Space_Race_(TV_series)
Soviet Army General
Intelligence Directorate In office March 1963 – July 1987 Preceded by Ivan Serov Succeeded by Vladlen Mikhailov Acting Chairmen of the KGB In office November
Pyotr_Ivashutin
arrests took into custody some Polish officers who were not yet imprisoned; Ivan Serov reported to Lavrentiy Beria on 3 December that "in all, 1,057 former officers
Polish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union after 1939
Polish_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union_after_1939
Soviet state security official
Mantsev Ivan Nikolayenko Sergei Buzdalin Vsevolod Balitsky Vasiliy Ivanov Izrail Leplevsky Aleksandr Uspensky Vasiliy Osokin Amayak Kobulov Ivan Serov Vasyl
Vsevolod_Balitsky
Rogers, 87, British physicist. Jurriaan Schrofer, 64, Dutch artist. Ivan Serov, 84, Russian intelligence officer, head of the KGB (1954–1958). Willem
Deaths_in_July_1990
Russian racing cyclist (born 1982)
Alexander Sergeyevich Serov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Серо́в; born 12 November 1982, in Vyborg) is a Russian former road and track racing cyclist
Alexander_Serov_(cyclist)
Month of 1958
removal of General Ivan Serov from his position as director of the KGB, the intelligence agency of the Soviet Union. Despite Serov's support for Khrushchev
December_1958
Politics during Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe
The linchpin of Soviet control early in the Eastern Bloc was General Ivan Serov, who was appointed to chairman of the new Soviet KGB in 1954 as a reward
Eastern_Bloc_politics
IVAN SEROV
IVAN SEROV
Male
Russian
(Иванн) Russian form of Greek Ioannes, IVANN means "God is gracious."
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Ãvarr, IVAR means "bow warrior."Â
Female
English
 Variant spelling of English Ivah, IVA means "overthrow, overturn." Compare with other forms of Iva.
Male
English
(Иван) Russian form of Greek Ioannes, IVAN means "God is gracious." In use by the English, Czechs and Ukrainians.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Gift from God
Boy/Male
American, Christian, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Romanian, Russian, Slovenia, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian
Gift of God; God's Gracious Gift; Archer
Female
Greek
 Variant spelling of Greek Eva, IVA means "life." Compare with other forms of Iva.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Form of John
Boy/Male
Welsh
Son of Evan.
Male
Polish
 Polish form of Russian Ivan, IWAN means "God is gracious." Compare with another form of Iwan.
Male
Welsh
 Variant spelling of Welsh Ieuan, IOAN means "God is gracious." This form of the name was used for the Welsh Authorized Version of the Bible. Compare with another form of Ioan.
Male
Czechoslovakian
, Jehovah's gift, or, Jehovah's grace.
Girl/Female
Indian, Parsi
Iran; The Land of Aryans
Male
Romanian
 Romanian form of Greek Ioannes (English John), IOAN means "God is gracious." Compare with another form of Ioan.
Male
Welsh
Variant spelling of Welsh Iefan, IFAN means "God is gracious."
Male
Ukrainian
, God's gift.
Male
Hebrew
(×ִילָן) Hebrew name ILAN means "tree."
Male
French
Variant spelling of French Yvon, IVON means "yew tree." Used in Germany and infrequently by the English.
Female
English
English name derived from the biblical name of a region of Assyria, derived from Hebrew avvah, IVAH means "overthrow, overturn."
Male
Welsh
 Welsh form of Hebrew Yohanan, IWAN means "God is gracious." Compare with another form of Iwan.
IVAN SEROV
IVAN SEROV
Girl/Female
Australian
Child Mind
Girl/Female
Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Sindhi
Poet; Administrator
Male
Greek
(Αἴολος) Greek name AIOLOS means "sparkling; quick-shifting; quick-moving." In mythology, this is the name of the god of winds.Â
Male
English
Anglicized form of Greek Iephthae and Hebrew Yiphtach, JEPHTHAH means "he opens" or "whom God sets free." In the bible, this is the name of a city and the name of a son of Gilead. Also spelled Jiphtah and Jephtha.
Female
English
English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, "spirit," from Latin spiritus, "breath," from PIE (s)peis "to blow." Both blow ("to move air") and blow ("blossom") ultimately derive from proto-Germanic *blæ, from PIE *bhle, SPIRIT means "to bloom, to blow up, swell, thrive."
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Formation of Stars
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Beauty Raining
Boy/Male
Australian, Celtic, Irish
Mythical Hound of Culann
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Brent.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Oath
IVAN SEROV
IVAN SEROV
IVAN SEROV
IVAN SEROV
IVAN SEROV
a.
Of or pertaining to Iran.
n.
Alt. of Imaum
n.
The fore part; van.
n.
A chief officer of state.
n.
The van; the front.
n.
An avant-courier. See Van-courier.
n.
In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly.
n.
The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.
a.
In the van or front.
n.
The front of an army. [Obs.] See Van.
n.
A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable.
n.
A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz.
n.
The native name of Persia.
n.
See Van-courier.
v. t.
To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow.
a.
Being on, or towards, the van, or front.
n.
A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room.
n.
A wing; a van.
n.
A coffee and smoking saloon.