The Execution Of Nikolai Yezhov - Stalin's BRUTAL Beast

During Stalin's time in power as the Dictator of the Soviet Union, he utilised the NKVD (his secret police) to carry out a number of brutal purges of the population. But the Chief of the NKVD was Nikolai Yezhov, a man who was considered a savage man who ruthlessly carried out the will of Stalin and sent hundreds of thousands to their executions or to concentration camps. Yezhov would not relent, and he was responsible for millions of deaths however he too would fall from power within Stalin's government. He was turned on by the Dictator and also Lavrentiy Beria who's task it was to execute Yezhov.
Nikolai Yezhov was sacked and he was then brought to trial to face charges of treason and corruption, but he knew what he was about to face. After his trial he was condemned to death, and was then taken to an execution chamber in Moscow. He was executed by an experienced Soviet executioner, however his story is one which shows how brutal and ruthless Stalin could be.
Join us today as we look at, 'The HORRIFIC Execution Of Nikolai Yezhov - Stalin's BRUTAL Beast.'
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[@georgeamanor-boadu6771]

It's amazing how they all plead for their lives in the end kicking and screaming. Beria went the same way too. No tears were shed for Nikolai

[@kencusick6311]

None of them expected it. I heard a story about Yagoda. As he was being tortured by Yezhov he told him, “I now know there is a God. I have broken all his commandments and from Him deserve nothing but enmity. I did it all for Stalin. From whom I deserved unending gratitude. Look at where I am.” No wonder Yezhov was so terrified when he ended up in exactly the same place.

[@nicmagnus819]

​@@kencusick6311He should have known that no one was safe around Stalin.

[@kalmanjulianne]

These people were willful servant and paramour for the Devil, their conclusion was ineluctable.

[@mfreund15448]

Imagine how much Soviet talent was removed from the gene pool by Stalin.

[@awomanmotherw2kids393]

You reap what you sow! So true with this monster!

[@turdferguson9356]

if there's a hell, Nikolai is there right next to Beria

[@williamdillard8330]

Yes but most of his killing was under Stalins orders. He was only killed because Stalin saw him as replaceabl.

[@piggyslayer1999]

​@@williamdillard8330 just because stalin told him too doesnt mean he had to do it

[@williamdillard8330]

@piggyslayer1999 If Stalin said kill to someone they did not, that person would be killed. Worse yet you could ultimately be killed for doing what Stalin told you do. I am not exaggerating.

[@elvinkrigsman6956]

💯

[@ABC-ho5jo]

@@williamdillard8330 He got over zealous, perhaps in part out of fear and also out of an inferiority complex. I think Stalin swept many away....

[@kencusick6311]

Yezhov was executed in the same manner as he had his predecessor, Genrikh Yagoda executed. Guards entered his cell, stripped him naked and began beating him. He was sobbing and hiccuping uncontrollably as he was dragged to the very cell he had designed for executions. My memory is that you can find this description of his execution in The Time of Stalin by Anton Antonov-Ovseenko but it could have been some other samizdat I saw back in the 1980’s.

[@zenodotusofathens2122]

I think I read it in STALIN AND HIS HENCHMEN

[@meeeka]

I was so affected by the books of Anton Antonov-Ovoseyko they were so vivid. And to think, his father had been an old Bolshevik.

[@jeffclark7888]

All true.

[@saul1001]

Being promoted to head of NKVD is tantamount to a death sentence. Yagoda,Yezhov, Beria etc. There’s a somewhat ironic Star Wars like mentality whereby the apprentice executes their master. No doubt Stalin would have found this amusing.

[@duncancurtis5971]

Lord Vader your existence befouls me! Lightsaber vroop.

[@ABC-ho5jo]

Stalin would have found amusing to witness but certainly not to experience first hand

[@emmanueldidier321]

That was precisely the purpose, so that they would not become a threat to the Ruler.

[@vladtheimpaler5454]

​@@ABC-ho5jothe same reason he had yagoda,yezhov and beria executed

[@DavidL1986]

I’m beginning to wonder if anybody retired gracefully under stalins rule

[@higgsboson3356]

In the end, all these animals are weak cowardly men!

[@spikehofmann]

nickname was "the bloodthirsty dwarf". Was under 5', I think

[@kupus6622]

Now days he'd be " the bloodthirsty little person" didn't sound as menacing.

[@neilullman9881]

He must have been a dwarf. Stalin was not even 5’6,and he towers over him. Not to worry, hell has no height regulations. Hitler, Stalin, Bin Laden,Mao all together and burning.

[@capncake8837]

He nearly was a dwarf. He was 151 centimeters, or 4 feet and 11 1/2 inches. He was even nicknamed “the bloody dwarf” or “the poisonous dwarf.”

[@darrenmaguire2979]

The coward crying for his life what about all the people he had killed they were begging for there lives

[@wombal177jim]

lol you hero and what would you do

[@rjofusetsudzin8011]

@@wombal177jim Not kill anybody in the first place. I can see where the darren is coming from. It is hypocricy at its finest. Obviously nobody could stay silent at his place, but he had nothing but himself to blame to get there in the first place.

[@kenoliver8913]

Its not unusual for CEOs to keep close at hand a hatchet man to do their unpopular dirty work - in a long career I've seen it often enough in corporations. And it always ends the same way - the hatchet man gets the hatchet themselves to deflect the accumulated unpopularity away from the boss. It always amazes me though that the hatchet men never see it coming.

[@markdeegan7268]

Sometimes I think, Stalin was not so nice

[@mfreund15448]

Underrated statement

[@nicmagnus819]

Stalin was a really nice guy. Just don't let him see you breathing, and everything should be just fine.

[@chrissheppard5068]

Nice dollop of karma for the evil dwarf.

[@sanjosemike3137]

One wonders whether these brutal maniacs in charge of Russian atrocities actually feared death as much as they feared what would happen to them AFTER execution. We just assume they were atheists and only feared death because of the pain of death. But a "portion" of their thinking may have been "reserved" for the judgment they would face after death. It would have been interesting to ask them after they knew death was imminent what their actual fear was. Both Beria and Yezhov became hysterical and begged for their lives. Yet, during their lives, they murdered hundreds of thousands without giving it a second thought. Interesting reaction. Both Sophie Scholl and Dietrich Bonhoeffer went to their deaths with unimaginable bravery and courage. It's as though they were awaiting to be welcomed by Jesus in a few minutes. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@rebelusa6585]

San jose mike, thats a good one 👍. I think beria and yeahzoh got hysterical before they were executed because they knew the devil is waiting for them the moment they died.

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

@@rebelusa6585 I've known some evil old people who just clung and clung and clung to life. I was sure it was because they knew what was waiting for them on the other side. Interestingly, it never stopped them from the harm and evils they committed on people. There was never a hint of any "reformation." It was like that was withheld from them.

[@sanjosemike3137]

@@rebelusa6585 The "interesting" thing about atheism is the degree to which that is actually "believed." In our lives on conscious earth, we don't always see "justice" for those who committed horrible crimes, not just against us, but against humanity. It's a spotty history, at best. But here's the thing: "Can atheists be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that there is no consciousness after death, or "justice" rendered against them for their crimes?" These two men (and tens of thousands before them) took the gamble. I don't know what was in it for them. Power, resources, money, women, etc. I mean, WHAT if they were wrong and God really does exist? Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@Socialism_on_Roids]

@@sanjosemike3137 "Can atheists be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that there is no consciousness after death, or "justice" rendered against them for their crimes?" The burden of proof lies with the person making the claim. One cannot prove a negative. Therefore, because theists claim a god exists, they must be the ones to provide said proof. As far as we're concerned, you've all failed to do that, opting instead to fall back on presuppositional arguments based around airy-headed, metaphysical twaddle and the fear of death to keep people within a religion you were born and raised into... a religion most of you never had a real choice in following. Using the threat of eternal torture, eternal torture being done in retaliation for a finite lifespan, to keep people in your religion carries the very essence of desperation and cowardice.

[@sanjosemike3137]

@@Socialism_on_Roids Your arguments are somewhat outdated. Some people who have experienced NDE's describe an entrance to hell. Others, having similar experiences have provided statements of a "continuous" eternal appearing void of nothingness. Others who have experienced NDE's have reported no judgmental contacts with the "supposed" God entity. The comments I described reprinted a more or less Christian Biblical interpretation. However, many people who experienced NDE's do not describe that interpretation. Because I am not a Christian, I have no "obligation" to save your soul. It is not surprising that there would be varying interpretations of NDE's. (Of course, you dismiss NDE's as imaginary changes to the dying brain.) I have sometimes argued with atheists online. It is generally a mistake. Some get abusive. Thank you for not yet getting abusive. I won't argue with you because it is time essentially wasted. Nothing I say will change your mind. And as I said that is NOT my obligation. Believe whatever you wish. However, before you engage in any terrible sins, I respectfully suggest that you remember that you could be wrong. Just as there are many interpretations to quantum mechanics and the Schrödinger Equation, there are also many interpretations of NDEs. In any case, organized religion is often VERY different from NDE's. I do not know if hell exists. But you don't either. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@rommelflores2618]

Beria was also shot executed later. These monster clowns are infamous.

[@whiplash8277]

Stalin was a paranoid nutcase. Stalin's standard tactic was to tire of someone for whatever reason - usually because they were too popular and he feared anyone else being popular could jeopardize his power - and then have their replacement waiting in the wings. Many times Stalin had the new Boss kill the old Boss. He did it to Kirov. He did it to Marshal Tukhachevsky. No one was ever safe with Stalin around. Molotov was even headed for the same treatment but Stalin died before he could complete his plan to eliminate him too. And not long after Stalin died Beria met the same fate as the others before him. The USSR under Stalin was kinda like a circular firing squad.

[@duncancurtis5971]

Yezhov got it in the neck In highly literal fashion, Before Beria came along To lay a lesser lash on.

[@michaelattia2197]

Good series, keep up the fine work.

[@dovidell]

Lavrentiy Beria , is classic case of meet the new boss , same as the old boss (Nikolai Yezhov )

[@RPe-jk6dv]

yeshov looked rather jewish than russian.

[@fredflinstone6601]

Was, I think, like other j’s there.

[@capncake8837]

@@fredflinstone6601 No, he wasn’t Jewish as far as we know, but he was half Lithuanian. His predecessor Yagoda was Jewish, though.

[@lorenzbroll0101]

Archetype of the malevolent dwarf.

[@Joseph-fw6xx]

It couldn't have happened to a better guy

[@kleomenis456]

Wasn't this the one called bloodied dwarf?

[@jeffclark7888]

Yes.

[@Rufus29]

He got his just deserves

[@admiralbenbow5083]

Incompetence, ineptitude, corruption and stupidity. Sound familiar ??

[@paullacey2999]

Who knows what else has gone on in Russia we dont know of...

[@hersonlamolli6276]

All things goes around

[@dovidell]

9:11 , I actually thought you were going to show the famous " before and after pictures of Stalin and Yezhov " !!

[@j3lny425]

Yagoda,Yezhov,Beria Who would want that job?

[@hmao4466]

Got off too easy.

[@1aikane]

Human history 😳

[@balancedactguy]

Stalin was rather short,,...but this Yezhov guy looks like a shrimp next to Stalin!...what was he? 4" 10" ?

[@capncake8837]

4’11 1/2. They called him “the bloody dwarf” or “the poisonous dwarf.”

[@balancedactguy]

@@capncake8837 Thanks! To put so much killing power in the hands of an Evil Dwarf! Crazy!

[@TRHARTAmericanArtist]

Feel so sorry for him...nyet!

[@invisibleray6987]

Wot no BRUTAL execution?.....The other week a man who WASN'T hanged was described as the THE BRUTAL FAILED EXECUTION 🤣🤣

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

And that's what Putin wants to bring back for Russia.

[@emmanueldidier321]

No, has brought back.

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

@@emmanueldidier321 True! Thanks for reminding me.

[@fredflinstone6601]

Bullshite

[@user-sm9us7rb9c]

Who cares it's nothing to us Americans

[@patrickrichards2577]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤔🧐😳😱

[@bruced1429]

So I wonder what putin and his followers are doing to whom right now

[@Telephonebill51]

No, this is a STORY about the execution.