About the book: 2001 / “Stalin’s People’s Commissar” Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov is one of the most sinister and at the same time mysterious figures in our history. His name has become a household name and the concept of “Yezhovshchina” is associated with the most brutal period of Stalin’s repressions. Under Yezhov, under his direct leadership, on his instructions, about seven hundred thousand people were shot, about three million were thrown into prisons and camps. The name Yezhov is mentioned in all historical literature about the tragedy of our people in the thirties, but until now there has been no book about Yezhov. So who is he “bloody dwarf”, “Stalin’s People’s Commissar” Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov?