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Pavlo Meshyk | |
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| Павло Мешик | |
| Minister of Interior of UkrSSR | |
| In office 16 March 1953 – 3 July 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Timofei Strokach Pyotr Ivashutin (as UkrainianMGB head) |
| Succeeded by | Timofei Strokach |
| People's Commissar of State Security of UkrSSR | |
| In office 26 February 1941[1] – 31 July 1941 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1910 |
| Died | 23 December 1953(1953-12-23) (aged 42–43) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Branch/service | OPGU NKVD MGB MVD |
| Years of service | 1932–1953 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Battles/wars | |
Pavlo Yakovych Meshyk (Ukrainian:Павло Якович Мешик;Russian:Павел Яковлевич Мешик,Pavel Meshyk; 1910 – 23 December 1953) was aUkrainian Soviet security operative andNKVD officer.
Meshyk was born in a family of clerks inKonotop. After graduating from Konotop school, in 1925–1930 he worked as a repairman at Konotop Mechanical Factory. At the factory, Meshyk graduated the school of FZU and in 1930 inKamianets-Podilskyi he finished university preparatory courses. In October 1931 Meshyk with a "Komsomol voyage ticket"[1] enrolled into the Electrical Power Institute inSamara, but already in March 1932 on the party's selection[1] he was directed to work atOGPU.
After finishing the OGPU College (1932–1933), Meshyk worked in the central office of OGPU–NKVD inMoscow[1] in economic and counterintelligence departments (assistant commissioner of Division 1 of the GUGB (OGPU) Economic Department (EKO), 1933–1935; operational commissioner of Division 2 of the GUGB EKO, later Division 14 (Vneshtorg,trade offices) of the GUGB Department 3 (counterintelligence), 1935–1937).
this is the List of leadership positions Meshyk held afterwards:
Upon his return from Poland, Meshyk worked for theSoviet atomic bomb project:[1]
On 30 June 1953 Meshyk was arrested inKiev.[1] On 23 December 1953 he was sentenced by the Special court presence (Russian:Специальное судебное присутствие, Spetsialnoye sudebnoye prisutstvie) of the Supreme Court of USSR to "VMN" (i.e.capital punishment) on the "case of Beria's gang". Meshyk was executed by shooting. He was stripped of all awards and titles.[1] Meshyk was partially rehabilitated when on 29 May 2000 the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation requalifiedcorpus delicti (body of the crime) to "Excess of power and abuse of office that led to severe consequences", execution by shooting changed to 25 years of imprisonment without confiscation of personal property.
Leaders of NK/DPU/NKDB/MDB/KDB of theUkrSSR | |
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| All-Ukrainian Emergency Commission (VUNK) State Political Directorate (DPU) | |
| Main Directorate of State Security of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs |  |
| Ministry of State Security (Ministerstvo Derzhavnoyi Bezpeky, MDB) | |
| Committee of State Security (Komitet Derzhavnoyi Bezpeky, KDB) | |
1 denotes acting | |
People's commissars and ministers of interior of theUkrSSR | |
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| Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets People's Secretaries | |
| Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic People's Commissars | |
| Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ministers | |
1 denotes acting | |
