He joined the Bolsheviks on May 5 , 1917 , in Vitebsk , a few months before the October Revolution .
Yezhov was born in Saint Petersburg on May 1 , 1895 , and from 1915 to 1917 Yezhov served in the Tsarist Russian army .
Yezhov joined the Bolsheviks on May 5 , 1917 , in Vitebsk , a few months before the October Revolution .
Yezhov was born in Saint Petersburg on May 1 , 1895 , and from 1915 to 1917 Yezhov served in the Tsarist Russian army .