The Man Who Personally Executed Over 7000 People in 28 Days, One at a Time

Subscribe for new videos every day Why Do Superheroes Wear Their Underwear on the Outside : Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut Brand new videos 7 days a week More from Today I Found Out: Why Toilet Paper is White The Salem Witches Why Superheroes Wear Their Underwear On The Outside In this video: The most prolific executioner of all time is a man by the name of Vasili Blokhin. Born to a Russian peasant family in 1895, as a young man he quickly earned a reputation for chernaya rabota, or black work, while serving in the Tsarist army during World War I gaining recognition from Stalin himself for his covert assassinations, torture, and executions. Blokhin quickly rose through the ranks of Russias secret police at the timethe NKVDeventually becoming the head of the Kommandatura department. Want the text version Resources, Further Reading: Image Credit (thank you)