(1902-1971)
Soviet spy
Was born in Petrograd. He spoke fluent English, German and Polish. He was able to put through his hobby, radiotelegraphy, in his military service. After studying at the electro-technical faculty he became a GRU agent in the foreign intelligence department. After the Second World War (he operated as a spy in German army) he was promoted to a colonel and was determined to serve in the US. He settled down in New York, from where he started his journeys through whole North America, overlooking his networks. He lived in an apartment under the nick Emil Goldfus. He was a good painter, by the way. He managed to encrypt his reports in such way, that they have not been decrypted. He was caught only due to the defection of R.Haynen and the frivolity of soviet offices. He was probably the most valuable resident Moscow ever had. A.Dulles proclaimed that they would need two like him in Moscow. He was convicted for 30 years in 1957. Death penalty was declined by J.Donovan, who proposed a possible future exchange. That happened 5 years later (1962) when he was exchanged for F.G.Powers in Berlin. After his return to the USSR he was promoted to general and worked for the KGB. He published his memories in 1968, but they were very inaccurate. He died in Moscow.Recommended books:
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