Vsevolod Balitsky

Vsevolod Apollonovych Balytsky (Ukrainian: Всеволод Аполлонович Балицький; Russian: Всеволод Аполлонович Балицкий; 27 November 1892 – 27 November 1937) was a Commissar of State Security 1st Class (equivalent to Four-star General) of the NKVD and a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Vsevolod Balytsky
People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of Ukraine (NKVS)
In office 15 July 1934 – 11 May 1937
Succeeded by	Izrail Leplevsky
Far Eastern Commander of the NKVD
In office April 1937 – July 1937
Preceded by	Terenty Deribas
Succeeded by	Genrikh Lyushkov
Personal details
Born	Vsevolod Apollonovych Balytsky (1892-11-27)November 27, 1892 Verkhnodniprovsk, Katerynoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	November 27, 1937(1937-11-27) (aged 45) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet
Political party	RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1915–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1937)
Military service
Rank

Balytsky was born in Verkhnodniprovsk, Yekaterinoslav Governorate. Originally a Menshevik, he joined the Bolshevik Party in 1915.

He directed the NKVD of Ukraine during the Great Famine.

On 11 May 1937, he was transferred to the Far East, becoming Commander of the NKVD.

During the Great Purge he was arrested on 7 July 1937. Later, on 27 November 1937 — his 45th birthday — he was sentenced to death and shot the same day in Moscow, then buried at Kommunarka.