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Lev Mekhlis

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Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis (Russian: Лев Захарович Мехлис) (January 13, 1889, Odessa - February 13, 1953, Moscow) was a Soviet statesman and party figure.

Lev Mekhlis was awarded four Orders of Lenin, five other orders and numerous medals. He was interred at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis on the Red Square.

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