Amayak Kobulov

Amayak Zakharovich Kobulov (Russian: Амаяк Захарович Кобулов; 1906–1955) was a Soviet politician and member of the Soviet security and police apparatus during and briefly after the Joseph Stalin years, as was his older brother Bogdan Kobulov.

Amayak Kobulov
Born	Amayak Zakharovich Kobulov 1906
Died	February 2, 1955 (aged 48–49) Moscow
Cause of death	executed by firing squad
Nationality	Soviet
Occupation	politician
Known for	Member of the Soviet security and police apparatus
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In the history of Soviet espionage he is noted for his stint in Berlin as chief of the Main Directorate of State Security Foreign Branch's rezidentura from September 1939 until June 1941. While in Berlin, in August 1940, he recruited a Latvian journalist, Orest Berlinks (codenamed by the Soviets "Litseist"), who, in fact, was used by the Germans as a channel of disinformation and might have played a role in solidifying Stalin's belief that Adolf Hitler did not intend to attack the USSR in the spring of 1941.[1]

From July 1941 to January 1945, he was NKVD chief in Uzbekistan. In 1944, as People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan, he made administrative and logistical arrangements for the reception of the deported Crimean Tatars in Uzbekistan.[2]

He was arrested in 1953, sentenced to death on October 1, 1954, and shot on February 2, 1955.[3]

References

1. Большие братья Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine Novaya Gazeta, 20 December 2010.
2. Gulnara Bekyrova, "No Provision Was Made to Supply the Special Settlers with Clothes and Shoes, and Were Like Destitute Rejects, Though Many of Them Wore Orders and Medals" Archived 2010-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
3. Кобулов Амаяк Захарович