Eduard Berzin (1894–1938), Latvian soldier and Chekist, remembered for setting up Dalstroy
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Isaac Berzin (born 1967), chemical engineer who in 2001 founded GreenFuel Technologies Corporation
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Evgeni Berzin (born 1970), Russian cyclist who won the Giro d'Italia and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1994
When Berzin disputed with NKVD official Aleksandr Mikhailovich Orlov about the relative priority to be given to preserving the military efficiency of Spanish Republican forces vs. conducting NKVD purges of Spanish Anarchists, POUM etc., and lost the favor of Stalin as a result, then Robles' knowledge of behind-the-scenes Soviet maneuverings in Spain became highly inconvenient to the Soviets.