Nikodim Vinogradov

Nikodim Germogenivich Vinogradov (Russian: Никодим Гермогеневич Виноградов); (Born March 8 1902) is a Soviet NKVD operative.

Early Life
Nikodim Germogenivich Vinogradov was born March 8, 1902 to a peasant family near St. Petersburg. His father, Germogen Vinogradov, was a peasant-turned Orthodox priest. Due to his father, Nikodim was raised as a devout Orthodox. In 1917, during the Russian and October Revolution, Germogen Vinogradov publically supported the Bolsheviks, and Germogen was executed by White forces in 1920 after Germogen tried to protect a group of Bolsheviks.In that same year, Nikodim volunteered for the Red Army.