Vladimir Dekanozov

Vladimir Dekanozov
Born	June 1898 Baku (or Estonia), Russian Empire
Died	23 December 1953 (aged 55) Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Allegiance	USSR
Service/branch	OGPU / GUGP / NKVD
Years of service	1938–1953
Rank	Colonel General
Commands held	Deputy Chief of the Soviet GUGB Deputy Chief of the Soviet NKID Chief of the Georgian NKVD
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Order of Lenin
Other work	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Vladimir Georgievich Dekanozov (Russian: Влади́мир Гео́ргиевич Декано́зов; born Ivan Vasilyevich Protopopov; June 1898 – 23 December 1953) was a Soviet senior state security operative and diplomat.

According to the sentence issued by Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union he was an associate of the "Lavrentiy Beria gang" and was sentenced to death in 1953. The sentence was carried out shortly after.