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Nikolai Vlasik
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Nikolai Sidorovich Vlasik (Никола́й Си́дорович Вла́сик; 22 May 1896 – 18 June 1967) was a ranking Soviet state security (NKVD-NKGB-MGB) officer, Lieutenant-General, best known as head of Joseph Stalin's personal security from 1931 to 1952.
Nikolai Vlasik was born to a poor peasant family in the village of Bobynichi in the Slonimsky Uyezd of the Grodno Governorate (the present-day Grodno Region in Belarus) of the Russian Empire on 22 May 1896.
Drafted into the Russian Army in March 1915, he earned the Cross of St. George during World War I, and by the time of the October Revolution in November 1917 had the rank of corporal.
In November 1917 he began serving in the Moscow militia. In September 1919 he transferred to the Cheka. By January 1926 he had become the senior representative of the Operative branch of OGPU. Furthermore, Vlasik held supervising posts in the operations section, which included the protection of the heads of the party and government.
For many years, Vlasik served as chief of Stalin's personal protective service in the Kremlin, beginning in 1931 (this service was subordinated directly to Stalin and independent of the secret police, the NKVD). He also became, in essence, a member of Stalin's family. After the death of Stalin’s wife, Nadezhda Alliluyeva in 1932, he also functioned as the tutor of Stalin's children and practically carried out the functions of a major-domo.
Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Allilueva, characterizes Vlasik in her memoirs as an "illiterate, silly, rough and extremely impudent despot". She said he was so corrupted by power that "he began to dictate to art workers and arts, tastes of comrade Stalin", and "...figures listened and followed his counsels. Any celebratory concert at the Bolshoi Theatre or George Hall did not take place without the sanction of Vlasik."
On 15 December 1952, Vlasik was removed from his position and soon arrested on charges related to the Doctors' plot. Immediately after Stalin's death, all of the accused doctors were released and charges against them dropped.
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