Ivan Nikishov

Ivan Fyodorovich Nikishov (Russian: Иван Фёдорович Никишов; 10 September 1894 – 5 August 1958) was a Soviet NKVD Lieutenant General and director of Dalstroy.

The couple established a life of luxury in the Siberian wilderness replete with servants, cooks, chauffeurs, and a cultural brigade for entertainment.

His difficulties in securing supplies for his operation were solved when the Lend-Lease program went into effect; he could divert cargo delivered to Magadan for services in the Gulag.

[4] Ships of the Dalstroy fleet were sent to the United States for overhaul and repair for their duty to transport prisoners to the Gulag.

[5] In 1944, Nikishov and NKVD general Goglidze were successful in presenting to Henry A. Wallace, the American Vice President, a sanitized version of the Dalstroy enterprise.

Certificate of a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, issued by I. F. Nikishov 21.02.1946 From the exposition of the Magadan Regional Museum of Local Lore.