About Solomon Milshtein
Lived 1899 – 1955 (aged 55). Solomon Milshtein was a Russian politician.
Solomon Rafailovich Milshtein (; 1899 – 14 January 1955) was a Soviet state security official.
Solomon Milshtein was born to a family of a Jewish roofer in Vilno, then in the Russian Empire.
Career In 1920–1930, as a Bolshevik party apparatchik he worked in Georgia, where he became acquainted with Lavrentiy Beria, then head of the Georgian Communist Party . After Beria became head of NKVD in November 1938, Milshtein in December that year was appointed chief of the Investigative unit of NKVD.
He was arrested in July 1953, shortly after the arrest of Beria. He was tried and executed in January 1955.
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Who was Solomon Milshtein?
NKVD officer (1899-1955)
When was Solomon Milshtein born?
Solomon Milshtein was born on 30 November 1899 in Vilnius.
When did Solomon Milshtein die?
Solomon Milshtein died on 14 January 1955 in Moscow.
What was Solomon Milshtein's occupation?
Solomon Milshtein was a politician.
What nationality was Solomon Milshtein?
Solomon Milshtein was Russian.
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