Valentin Ivanovich Moskalenko ( April 24, 1908 , Smila - April 1984 , Moscow ) - Officer of the Soviet special services, Minister of the Interior of the Estonian SSR (1953), Minister of State Security of the Estonian SSR (1950-1953).
| Valentin Ivanovich Moskalenko | |
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| Birth | April 24, 1908 Smila , Cherkassy County , Kiev Province , Russian Empire |
| Death | 1984 Moscow |
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Biography
From August 1925 to August 1928 he was a cadet of the military school in Kharkov , from August 1928 to August 1930 he worked in the district department of the GPU in Belaya Tserkov , from August 1930 to May 1933 he was a representative of the district office of the GPU in the Kiev region , and in May to November 1933 authorized by the Kiev regional department of the GPU. From November 1933 to February 1935 he was deputy head of the MTS in the Donetsk region , from February to October 1935 - head of the district branch of the NKVD in Troitsk , and from October 1935 to October 1936 - head of the district branch of the NKVD in the Donetsk region, March 22, 1936 he was promoted to junior state security lieutenant.
From October 1936 to August 1938, he was Head of the NKVD City Department in Mariupol , from August 1938 to July 1939 - Head of the NKVD City Department in Makeyevka, from June 22, 1939 - with the rank of State Security Lieutenant, from July to September 1939 2- UGB in the Donetsk region. Then he was deputy head of the operational group of the NKVD of the Ukrainian SSR , from April 1940 to March 1941 he was head of the environmental department of the NKVD office for Volyn region , and from April to July 1941 - deputy head of the NKGB department of the Rivne region , on April 28, 1941 he was promoted to senior lieutenant of state security.
From July to October 1941, he was the head of the NKVD troops of the 12th Army of the South-Western Front, then the deputy head of the special department of the NKVD of the 6th Army of the Voronezh Front , and from September 1942 to November 1943 he was head of the NKVD department The Commissariat of Defense of the Voronezh / 1st Ukrainian Front , on October 16, 1942, was appointed the captain of the state security, and on February 11, 1943 a lieutenant colonel.
From November 1943 to March 1945, he was head of the counterintelligence department of the People’s Commissariat of Defense, 38th Army, from February 21, 1944 - with the rank of colonel, from March to September 1945 he led the counterintelligence department of the 49th Army, from September 1945 to October In 1946 he was head of the counterintelligence department of the People’s Commissariat of Defense / MGB of the Kiev Military District.
From October 21, 1946 to January 28, 1950, he was Head of the Department of State Security of the Chita Region , from February 20, 1950 to April 27, 1950 - Minister of State Security of the Estonian SSR, simultaneously from July 1, 1950 to August 20, 1953 - member of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Estonia / Communist Party of Estonia , and from April 27 to May 29, 1953 - Minister of the Interior of the Estonian SSR.
From May 1953 to March 1956, he was Deputy Head of the Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Moscow Region , retired from April 1956 to November 1958, then worked in the executive committee of the Moscow City Council, in particular, as an inspector of the security department, in June 1968 he retired.
Awards
- Order of Lenin (twice - July 20, 1950 and June 1, 1951)
- Order of the Red Banner (three times - January 10, 1944, May 31, 1945 and May 6, 1946)
- Order of the Patriotic War I class (May 23, 1945)
- Order of the Patriotic War II class (1943)
- Order of the Red Star (twice - March 17, 1943 and November 3, 1944)