Afanasyev Grigory Davidovich

Genus. in 1896 in the village of Lebediny, Kyiv region; Jew; member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1927. In the bodies of the Cheka-OGPU-NKVD since 1919. On 08/04/1933, the head of the Southern section of Belomorstroy.
Until 04/29/1937, the head of the Khlebnikovsky district of the Dmitlag NKVD, on 04/29/1937 he was enrolled in the active reserve. On July 14, 1937, he was the head of the Khlebnikovsky district for the construction of the Moscow-Volga canal (Dmitrovsky ITL). From 08/03/1937 head of the Luga ITL NKVD and construction 200, from 01/19/1940 head of Construction 105 and ITL, from 02/24/1941 head of the Borovichi ITL NKVD, from 02/24/1941 head of ITL and construction of Mstinsky hydroelectric power stations, to 02/21/1942 deputy. Head of the 4th Directorate of Defense Construction, from 02/22/1942 head of the Volga Railway ITL, from 11/27/1942 head of the Shirokovsky ITL (mentioned 08/30/1944). From 07/19/1936 - GB captain, from 10/15/1941 - GB major, to 11/03/1944 - GB colonel. Died 07/18/1965 (buried in the columbarium of the Donskoye Cemetery in Moscow).