Who in recent history has personally executed the most people?
In the Soviet era, there was a chief executioner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vasily Blokhin. He began his role as an executioner in 1926, and after three generations of secret police chiefs Beria, Yenov, and Yagoda, he was also considered the elder of the three dynasties. During his reign, he personally executed more than 8,000 people, and even the later Guinness Book of World Records recorded him as "the world's first executioner.".
As an executioner, Blokhin can be said to have seen everyone, and he executed two of his superiors, Yenov and Yagoda, and personally killed them in the 30s, which has to be said to be an ironic thing.
In the Katyn Massacre in the spring of 1940, Blokhin set a record of "more than 8,000 personally executed in 28 days," which no one can break to this day. During that period, most of the people he executed were Polish prisoners of war in the Kalinin Cantonal Prison, and in the execution chamber, Blokhin liked to wear a butcher's leather apron and rubber gloves on his arms that were extended to the shoulders, so as not to let blood and other things splash on his uniform during the execution.
In the Katyn massacre, the weapon used to execute Polish prisoners of war was the German-made 7.65 mm Walter PPT pistol, which had small recoil, was maneuverable, and could work ten hours a night without interruption. At this time, Blokhin was also a stable 10-hour "working hour", during which he killed an average of 1 person every 3 minutes, with neither rest nor pause in between.
At the end of the work, Blokhin would always sleep ritualistically, and before that, he would always drink a dozen bottles of vodka. When I wake up, when it gets dark again, I go to the "company" again to "go to work".
Because he personally executed more than 8,000 people in 28 days, the authorities rated him as a work outstanding performance, and on April 27, 1940, he was awarded the Personal Order of the Usser. But this so-called "Hero of the Soviet Union" was no longer in a position to be in the 1950s.
In 1953, Blokhin was forcibly retired, stripped of his rank, and has lived in poverty ever since. In 1955, he committed suicide in despair in his apartment, ending his sinful and gun-gun life. In fact, this person has only done his job well, and he has always been manipulated by the national forces and ideologies behind the organs.