Background
Kobulov was born in Tbilisi, the son of an ethnic Armenian tailor.
Kobulov was born in Tbilisi, the son of an ethnic Armenian tailor.
He joined the Joint State Political Administration in 1931 and became one of Lavrenty Beria"s closest associates. He held a series of senior posts in the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs, the Soviet secret police, and was the most trusted henchman of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs chief Beria. As head of the Investigative Directorate of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs from December 22, 1938 to September 4, 1939, he was one of the major organizers of the political terror.
He subsequently headed the Economic Directorate until 1941.
When Beria fell from power, Kobulov was arrested along with his boss on June 27, 1953. He was convicted on multiple charges, including espionage, and sentenced to death and executed on December 23, 1953.
He was a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (18th & 19th Congresses) and was a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics of the second convocation.