Sergei Ogoltsov
| Sergei Ogoltsov | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Sergei Ivanovich Ogoltsov Russian: Сергей Иванович Огольцов |
| Born |
August 29, 1900 Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | October 2, 1976 (aged 76) Unknown |
| Buried at | Unknown |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union (1919–1976) |
| Service/branch |
Cheka (1920-1923) NKVD (1923 - 1946) MGB (1946 - 1953) |
| Years of service | 1920–1953 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | 14 Infantry Corps-Special Branch (Kiev), 22nd Volochisskogo Border Unit (Ukraine), 26th Border Detachment (Odessa), 27th Border Detachment (Sevastopol), 4th Border Guard Detachment (Arkhangelsk), |
| Battles/wars | German-Soviet War |
Sergei Ivanovich Ogoltsov (Сергей Иванович Огольцов in Russian; August 29, 1900 – October 26, 1976) was a Russian member of the Soviet NKVD from 1936 until it was reorganized as the MGB in 1946. He served in the MGB until his arrest in 1953. He was the Deputy Director of State Security (MGB) from July 14, 1951 to August 9, 1951. By the time he was arrested in 1953 he had risen to the rank of Lieutenant General in the NKVD. He was released from prison in 1953 after a short arrest and he retired from the MGB. He died in 1976.
Sergei Ivanovich Ogoltsov was born on August 29, 1900 in a village in Ryazan Governorate in a peasant family of Russian ethnicity. He worked as a trainee clerk in 1916 and as a parish executive committee secretary in Prigorodskogo in 1917. In 1918-1919 he was the investigator for Sapozhkovskoy county and in 1919-1920 he was the Cheka chief there. In 1919, Ogoltsov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (RKP) In 1920 Ogoltsov was transferred by the Cheka to Ukraine where he worked as the operkommissar until his promotion to deputy in 1921 Kharkiv. Following his duty in Kharkiv, Ogoltsov also worked for the Cheka in Poltava.
He graduated from the School of the Frontier (OGPU) in 1927.
In 1923, Ogoltsov became the Inspector for the Special Branch 14 Infantry Corps based in Kiev. His command was continually transferred in the 1930s to different units within Ukraine including the 22nd Volochisskogo NKVD border unit, and the 26th NKVD border detachment in Odessa, and the 27th NKVD border unit in Sevastopol. He was promoted to the commander officer of the 27th Crimean NKVD border group in 1936.
After spending most of the 1930s in Ukraine among various NKVD and border units, he joined the NKVD administration in Leningrad in 1939. For the next few years he spent time in Leningrad and Kuibyshev until he was made the Commissar of State Security of the Kazakh SSR in 1944. While at this position, Ogoltsov participated in the deportation of many Soviet peoples to Kazakh SSR. After holding several other positions Ogoltsov became the 1st Deputy Minister of Public Security of the USSR in 1951. Joseph Stalin then nominated Ogoltsov for Minister of State Security after the removal of Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov, but he initially refused citing a lack of knowledge and experience. In 1952 Ogoltsov served as the Minister of Public Security in Uzbekistan, and then became the Head of Main Intelligence Directorate of the MVD. His final position was as the First Deputy Minister of State Security. In 1954 he was expelled from the RKP, and in 1959 he was stripped of his rank and awards from the government.
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