Frinovsky, Mikhail Petrovich (1898-1940)

Soviet state security (GB) official. In 1937-1938, Frinovsky was the first deputy to the Commissar, or Narcom, of the NKVD. From September 1938 until April 1939, he was the Commissar of the Soviet Navy. He was executed in 1940 and never rehabilitated. [[1. Sovetsko-Amerikanskie otnoshenija. 1934-1939, Rossija XX vek. Dokumenty series. Moskva: Mezhdunarodnyi fond "Demokratija", 2003, ss. 615-616. (Soviet-American Relations, 1934-1939. Russia, XX Century  Document Series. Moscow: International Foundation “Democracy”, 2003, pp. 615-616,  footnote).]]