Lapshin, Evgeny Petrovich

The son of a locksmith. He graduated from the parish school in 1910, advanced training courses for senior political staff at the Military-Political Academy. N.E. Tolmacheva in 1929, the Higher School of Party Organizers at the Central Committee of the CPSU (B.) In 1937.

Since 1911 he worked as a mechanic in Yekaterinburg. In June 1917 he joined the RSDLP (b), in November 1917 the Red Guards. Member of the Civil War, political commissar. Since January 1921, Commissioner of the Nikolo-Pavdinsky Forestry. Since June 1921, an assistant to the authorized Cheka on the Perm Railway and the responsible organizer of the collective bureau of the RCP (B) 20 cavalry courses of the Red Army. Since 1924, at political work in the Siberian Military District. In 1926-1928 and 1929-1930 the military commissar of the 6th Khabarovsk regiment. Since July 1930, deputy head of the political department of the 14th Infantry Division. Since January 1933, the head of the political department of the Leningrad MTS (Azov-Black Sea Territory). From January 1935 to October 1936, First Secretary of the Leningrad District Committee of the CPSU (b) of the Azov-Black Sea Territory. In September 1937 he was sent to serve in the organs of the NKVD and was appointed widow as the head of the political department of the 12th department (optehnik) of the Main Directorate of State Security of the NKVD of the USSR. Since 1938, he was temporarily acting head of the political department, then head of the 2nd special department (optehnika) of the NKVD of the USSR. From February 26, 1941, the head of the 4th department (optehnika) of the NKGB of the USSR, from July 31, 1941, the head of the 2nd special department of the NKVD of the USSR. On May 12, 1943, Head of Division B (operational-technical) of the NKGB / MGB of the USSR. From October 24, 1946 to September 17, 1949, he was the head of the Directorate of the Ministry of State Security of the Tula Region. From February 1950, deputy chief of the political department, from February 1952 until his death, head of the registration and registration department of the Main Directorate of Police of the Ministry of State Security / Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR.

Ranks

• 10/08/1937 - senior lieutenant of state security;
• 12/02/1938 - captain of state security;
• 03/09/1939 - major of state security;
• 03/14/1940 - Senior Major of State Security;
• 02/14/1943 - Commissioner of State Security;
• 07/02/1945 - Commissioner of State Security of the 3rd rank;
• 07/09/1945 - lieutenant general. ^[one]

Rewards

Badge "Honorary Worker of the Cheka - GPU (XV)" 08.09.1938; Order of the Red Banner of Labor April 29, 1939; sign "Honored sotr. NKVD "04/27/1940; Order of the Red Star 09/20/1943; Order of the Red Banner 11/03/1944; Order of Lenin 02.21.1945; Order of the Fatherland. war of the 1st degree 04/21/1945; 6 medals.

• Petrov N.V. , Skorkin K.V. Who led the NKVD 1934 - 1941, M., 1999.

• A Handbook on the History of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898 - 1991
• Brief biographies and track records of senior officers of the NKVD
• People and books - biography