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2058:, ensuring both the reliability of the military and the civilian population. SMERSH set up a system of informants by sending a SMERSH officer to each battalion composed of between 1,000 and 1,500 men. Each SMERSH officer would enlist a number of "residents" who recruited their own "reserve resident" and between six and eight informants. Informants reported those sympathetic to the Germans, desertion, unpatriotic attitudes, and low morale and were authorized to take "immediate corrective action" if the need arose. SMERSH recruited between 1,540,000 and 3,400,000 informants, or about twelve percent of the entire
272:(NKGB). Departments of former GUGB were renamed Directorates. For example, former Foreign Department (INO) became Foreign Directorate (INU); political police represented by Secret Political Department (SPO) became Secret Political Directorate (SPU), and so on. The former GUGB 4th Department (OO) was split into three sections. One section, which handled military counter-intelligence in NKVD troops (former 11th Section of GUGB 4th Department OO) became 3rd NKVD Department or OKR (Otdel KontrRazvedki), the chief of OKR NKVD was Aleksander Belyanov, Commissar State Security 3rd rank. On 25 February 1941,
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268:(NKVD)—was responsible for the Soviet Armed Forces' military counter-intelligence. On that date, the Special Section's 12 Sections and one Investigation Unit were separated from GUGB NKVD. The official liquidation of OO GUGB within NKVD was announced on 12 February by a joint order № 00151/003 of NKVD and NKGB USSR. The rest of GUGB was abolished and staff was moved to newly created
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coming in from agents and enemy intercepts. SMERSH also ran three other groups: the
Komendatura, which guarded and managed SMERSH installations and prisoners; the Troika, which acted as a military court and could administer punishment without defense from the accused; and the Administrative Bureau and Secretariat, which acted as the personal staff of the SMERSH commander.
2202:. Spy books were printed in editions numbering in the millions in the Soviet Union with a spy as a one of a sacred figures in mind. Even today there are regular re-publications of soviet novels and documentaries under the "Counterintelligence Library" collection. Spy movies also were released every year with 1968 being a special one: in that year
720:– (also known as Investigation Unit) This unit was not present in a UKRs and OKRs structures. Unit existed only in the GUKR SMERSH headquarters in Moscow. Investigators of 6th Dep worked very closely with 2nd GUKR Dep officers. In charge of (6th Dep) was (at the time of taking post) State Security Lieutenant Colonel
734:– in charge of statistics and archival data. Also responsible for surveillance of high level military personnel in the Central Committee and the Defense and the Navy Commissariats, as well as those involved in secret work who were sent abroad. Dep 7th was head by (at the time of taking post) State Security Colonel
283:(the NKO) becoming its 3rd Directorate or (3 Upravlenie). The 3rd NKO Directorate took over most of the 4th GUGB Department Sections and was headed by division commissar Anatolii Mikheev, the former and last OO GUGB NKVD chief. The third part of former OO (the 10 Section) became the Navy Commissariat (the
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azvedki) within the armies and units. There SMERSH officers were attached to each rifle corps. The OKR at the division level consisted of 21 men, including a head, his deputy, a ciphering officer, investigators, commandant, and a platoon of guards. The OKR of each army included 57 men, while the size
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examining captured German intelligence sources determined that SMERSH was composed of six directorates, six departments, and three other branches. Directorates conducted operations involving agents on the "frontline" of the intelligence war whereas departments received and interpreted the information
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in order № 621-191ss from 2 June 1943. After losing most of the operational units to the NKGB, the People's
Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) was still a very powerful government apparatus. It was responsible for public order in USSR by using heavily armed police in each corner of the country,
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This is one of many sources corroborating this interpretation of the fate of Hitler's remains: 'The remains, now a "jellied mass" according to a KGB report, were pulverized, soaked in gasoline, and then completely burned up. The ashes were mixed with coal particles and then taken 11 kilometers north
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Military
Districts had a different structure. For example, the Moscow Military District, the biggest one at the time, had between 109 and 193 officers; they went through special training for filtering POWs. SMERSH units at the fronts were supported by NKVD internal troops for guarding prisoners, for
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Resolution No. 414-138 ss ordered the NKVD's
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To confuse German intelligence with disinformation, SMERSH utilized radio playbacks and played over 183 radio games over the course of the war. Operation "Opyt'" serves as a good example of the effectiveness of these radio games. Between May and June 1943, SMERSH used three German agents to spread
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house searches, and arrests) NKVD 2nd
Department (government and party officials protection) was transferred as NKGB 6th Directorate, NKVD Transportation Directorate was absorbed as NKGB 3rd Directorate and NKVD 4th Directorate was moved to NKGB with the same number. For detailed organization see
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nr. P 40/91People's
Commissariat for State Security or (NKGB) was created for the second time. It was based on NKVD's Directorates. The most important of them were: 1st INU (foreign intelligence), 2nd KRU (domestic counterespionage, fighting anti-Soviet organizations, protection of state economy,
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organs (the NKO Smersh directorates at fronts and NKO Smersh departments at the armies, corps, divisions, brigades, military districts, and other units and organizations of the Red Army) are subordinated to the higher organs. (...) The Smersh organs inform
Military Councils and commanders of the
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Compared to its predecessor (Directorate of
Special Departments – UOO), SMERSH was mostly focused on enemies spies, although Red Army servicemen were still under suspicion. Abakumov kept Stalin updated on all high-ranking commanders, and on the behavior of a number of leading military officers.
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The GKO officially created SMERSH to ensure the Soviet Union's security from internal political threats and foreign espionage, although it carried out a wide variety of other tasks between 1943 and 1946 as well. SMERSH's counterintelligence operations included seeking and destroying counter
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operations that answered directly to Stalin. In March 1946, SMERSH Chief
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corresponding units, troops, and organizations of the Red Army on the matters of their work: on the results of their combat with enemy agents, on the penetration of the army units by anti-Soviet elements, and on the results of combat against traitors of the
Motherland, deserters, and
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SMERSH was an acronym for Smert' Shpionam which is translated Death to Spies. It was given the name SMERSH by Joseph Stalin who rejected the originally proposed title Death to German Spies. Stalin believed that the new intelligence service should concern itself with all
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operational work UKR and OKR SMERSH units were supported by regular Red Army servicemen. SMERSH front directorates were provided with a battalion, SMERSH army departments with a company, and SMERSH departments at the regiment, division, or brigade level, a platoon.
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SMERSH played a major role in creating and controlling partisan operations behind German lines. After capturing German-held territory and reuniting with the Red Army, SMERSH interviewed partisans in order to determine the partisans' loyalty to the regime.
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and headed by Peter Gladkov and his two deputies Aleksei Lebedev and Sergei Dukhovich. In reality, Gladkov reported to Abakumov, by then deputy Commissar of the NKO, and Stalin's deputy. Formally Gladkov was subordinate to his superior People's Commissar
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In order to secure the Red Army's rear, SMERSH evacuated civilians and set up checkpoints so as to assert physical control. Next, agents sought and arrested "suspicious persons" who might be German agents. Finally, SMERSH interrogated those arrested.
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novels; however, Fleming's portrayal has been generally criticized as quite inaccurate by historians. In later works Fleming abandoned the use of SMERSH as his chosen antagonists, introducing the purely fictional villainous organization
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Intelligence and counter-intelligence work always was one of the most interesting topics in Russia. With millions of veterans after the war many of them later became writers and directors. The Committee for State Security had a special
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revolutionaries, finding and interrogating enemy agents, hunting Soviet agents who had not returned by the appointed date, and evaluating the usefulness of captured enemy documents. SMERSH also took an active role in the affairs of the
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252:, "Death to spies"). Originally focused on combating German spies infiltrating the Soviet military, the organization quickly expanded its mandate: to find and eliminate any subversive elements—hence Stalin's inclusive name for it.
2051:. Indeed, the Germans began to consider missions where their losses were less than ninety percent "satisfactory". According to German sources, the Soviets rendered approximately 39,500 German agents useless by the end of the war.
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2306:. It is the first part of a tetralogy about Mikhail Tulyev. Set in the 60s it depicts a theme of a soviet nuclear arsenal. This film was described as "a psychological detective where emotions hits harder than action".
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azvedki) or Counterintelligence Directorates. The naming distinguished them from the GUKR (HQ) SMERSH headquarters. The difference between GUKR and UKR or OKR was in the status hierarchy in the Red Army Military
2097:, the largest Allied operation of the Second World War, SMERSH caught and "doubled" a number of German agents who tricked the German military into underestimating the number of Soviet troops by 1.2 million men.
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disinformation about the Kursk counteroffensive by suggesting the Red Army had begun to dig in rather than prepare for an attack, thus contributing to the success of the Red Army's surprise attack. Before
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GUKR in Moscow consisted of 11 operational and 3 non-operational departments, a total of 646 men. For comparison, GUKR SMERSH's predecessor, UOO NKVD Directorate of Special Departments within the NKVD (
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with their help, and the 4th Department headed counter-intelligence measures behind the front line. Five of the departments, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th. were involved directly in investigation.
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camps and NKVD troops with loyal and well-equipped soldiers, that by the end of the war the numbers of NKVD troops were 1½ million strong with their own air force, armored and cavalry units.
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of the front UKR depended on how many armies composed the front. If the front consisted of five armies, its UKR included 130 officers, if there were fewer armies, the UKR had 112 officers.
2238:— the Head of GRU — and used real war-time documents (orders, reports, summaries, reports, orientations, government telegrams and other official documents). In 2001 a Russian-Belarusian
347:(GKO), chaired by Stalin, ordered another split of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD USSR) into three organisations: By decision of the Politburo of the
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In all Bond films based on Fleming's works that featured SMERSH, the agency was either changed to SPECTRE or omitted altogether. However, SMERSH is mentioned in
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2357:— a 1984 ten-part series also based on Yulian Semyonov's novel. This time it is set during Cold War era and a clash between soviet and american intelligences.
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and, if possible, capturing him alive or recovering his body. Red Army officers and SMERSH agents reportedly found Hitler's partially burned corpse near the
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wrote the scrypt based on the newest declassified documents at that time by the KGB. It also was the first movie that worked with real recent former spies:
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elements" in the Red Army; protection of the front lines against penetration by spies and "anti-Soviet elements"; investigating traitors, deserters, and
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2373:— released in 2007 by Haggard Games exclusively on PC. It is a stealth-action set in Second World War. Mechanically it is close to a
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Below is the organization of SMERSH based on German Intelligence. The second chart shows another way SMERSH may have been organized.
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about the final liquidation of the 4th Department OO GUGB NKVD and creation of three separate counter-intelligence organizations.
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as chief. UOO on every level was given much more power and a freer hand in decision making than at any time since the creation of
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and conducted an investigation to confirm his death and identify the remains that were secretly buried at SMERSH headquarters in
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SMERSH utilized a number of different counterintelligence tactics: informants, security troops, radio games, and the passing of
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2393:. Troubles with funding and porting had a negative impact for the end product which received mostly negative reviews.
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formed in late 1942 or even earlier, but officially announced only on 14 April 1943. The name SMERSH was coined by
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Stephan, Robert (October 1987). "Smersh: Soviet Military Counter-Intelligence During the Second World War".
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The organisation was officially in existence until 4 May 1946, when its duties were transferred back to the
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Dodds, Klaus (2003-06-01). "Licensed to Stereotype: Geopolitics, James Bond and the Spectre of Balkanism".
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of Soviet armed forces officers and servicemen who had been POWs. Those investigations were result of
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SMERSH has been popularized due to the organization's prominence as one of the common antagonists in
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Org.References – Lubianka 2. Iz istorii otiecziestwiennoj kontrrazwiedki, W.A. Sobolewa Moskwa 1999
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2383:— released in 2008 it is a stand-alone DLC that does not requires the original Death to Spies.
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became a folk hero, music theme became a cult classic, Tatyana Lioznova was awarded with
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set in 1944. It is one of the finnest examples of spy literature because Bogomolov was a
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Stalin's Secret War: Soviet Counterintelligence Against the Nazis, 1941–1945
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SMERSH: Stalin's Secret Weapon, Soviet military counterintelligence in WW2
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Service record for Nicholas Selivanovsky, Deputy Head of SMERSH GUKR
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The Politics of James Bond: From Fleming's Novels to the Big Screen
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Stalin's Secret Weapon, Soviet military counterintelligence in ww2
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roles, SMERSH appears to have been extremely successful throughout
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magazine's reporter John Kohan defined Stierlitz as "the Soviet
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and especially with 4th Directorate run by famous penetrator of
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armed groups fighting on the side of Nazi Germany such as the
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Going clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the prison of belief
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a parallel organisation within the Navy Commissariat, the
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had an opening scene with an appeal to the audience; and
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series with an importance of disguise and camouflage.
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and post-war organisations participating e.g. in the
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After the situation on the Russian fronts (known as
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Unlocked Memories: Young Russians under German Rule
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2560:Vinogradov, Alexey; Pleaser, Albert (2012).
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16:Soviet counterintelligence organs (1943–46)
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607:– Counterintelligence within the Red Army
377:. This organization was known as the Navy
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2732:"2-е Управление – 2-е Главное управление"
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534:– headed by (at the time of taking post)
266:People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs
1668:, Directorate of Counterintelligence or
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270:People's Commissariat for State Security
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2224:The Moment of Truth (In August of 1944)
1833:(3rd Belorussian Front from April 1944)
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3070:Dr. Vadim Birstein (1 November 2013).
2898:
2871:"Hitler, Stalin, and "Operation Myth""
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466:Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
49:Military counter-intelligence overview
29:Главное управление контрразведки СМЕРШ
3255:Intelligence services of World War II
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3076:. Biteback Publishing. pp. 4–6.
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142:Parent Military counter-intelligence
3223:Russia unveils Stalin's spy service
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2185:took notice of the Sea Org's plan.
1942:, Col. Gen. I. Petrol from May 1943
1918:(2nd Ukrainian Front from Oct 1943)
1901:(4th Ukrainian Front from Oct 1943)
1867:(1st Ukrainian Front from Oct 1943)
443:
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2476:(in Russian) Retrieved 2012-07-21
262:Main Directorate of State Security
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2858:Federation of American Scientists
2459:(in Russian) Retrieved 2012-07-21
2171:World Federation of Mental Health
1778:(1st Baltic Front from Oct 1943,
759:SMERSH (per German intelligence)
3160:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1992.00017.x
2986:Jonathan Jordan (25 July 2006).
2498:Антонов-Овсеенко, Антон (1999).
2406:
2355:TASS Is Authorized to Declare...
2266:— a four-part spy epic based on
1884:(2nd Baltic Front from Oct 1943)
904:Dept. Tech / Signal Surveillance
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3011:Jeremy Black (1 January 2005).
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2792:Journal of Contemporary History
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2381:Death to Spies: Moment of Truth
2333:Order of the October Revolution
2183:Federal Office of Public Health
1170:Dept. of Special Investigations
240:of the Russian-language phrase
3073:Smersh: Stalin's Secret Weapon
2590:
2553:
2245:On Thin Ice — a 1960 novel by
2109:
2021:SMERSH: Stalin's Secret Weapon
615:level upward. Also control of
462:Cossack Corps of Pyotr Krasnov
384:Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov
230:Joseph Stalin coined the name
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1935:(Primorsk Army from Nov 1943)
1639:UKR SMERSH units at the front
114:(4th and 6th floors) Moscow,
95:Military counter-intelligence
3260:Counterintelligence agencies
3245:Military of the Soviet Union
2759:(in Russian). Archived from
2188:
1848:Central Front (Soviet Union)
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3048:10.1007/978-1-349-18610-5_3
2908:Stephan, Robert W. (2004).
2399:
2317:Seventeen Moments of Spring
623:Apr 29, 1943 – May 27, 1946
539:Marshal of the Soviet Union
504:GUKR SMERSH HQ Organization
309:on 17 July, as Chairman of
303:German invasion of the USSR
248:
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3276:
3148:Journal of Popular Culture
2959:Vadim J. Birstein (2013).
2916:University Press of Kansas
2805:10.1177/002200948702200403
2300:The Secret Agent's Blunder
2212:The Secret Agent's Blunder
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1725:Front or Military District
1222:Kommendataura / Guard Unit
633:Operations within foreign
294:
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220:Minister of State Security
3173:Wright, Lawrence (2013).
2736:shieldandsword.mozohin.ru
2693:shieldandsword.mozohin.ru
2667:Vadim J. Birstein :
2639:shieldandsword.mozohin.ru
2526:Parrish, Michael (1996).
2486:"The Soviet Army: SMERSH"
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2427:Gestapo–NKVD Conferences
2367:Death to Spies trilogy:
2341:Hero of Socialist Labour
2264:The Shield and the Sword
2204:The Shield and the Sword
1999:Moscow Military District
1933:Northern Caucasian Front
1916:Steppe Military District
762:SMERSH (second variant)
585:deputy for staff affairs
405:SMERSh identity document
73:Main Directorate within
2965:. Biteback Publishing.
653:Apr 29, 1943 – May 1946
458:Russian Liberation Army
345:State Defense Committee
311:State Defense Committee
301:After the 22 June 1941
225:
146:State Defense Committee
136:State Defense Committee
2270:novel and directed by
787:People's Commissariat
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222:in the postwar years.
168:for three independent
2488:, SpetsNaz Psychology
2302:— a film directed by
2280:— a film directed by
2251:film of the same name
2151:Church of Scientology
2149:, the founder of the
2133:From Russia With Love
1267:Administrative Bureau
1116:Code and Cipher Dept.
1101:Personnel Directorate
860:Administration Bureau
510:
416:self-inflicted wounds
404:
218:, who rose to become
205:self-inflicted wounds
166:umbrella organization
2566:. UPA. p. 123.
2502:. АСТ. p. 316.
2139:The Living Daylights
2041:counter-intelligence
1951:Transcaucasian Front
1739:(disbanded Nov 1944)
1574:Counter-intelligence
1393:central institutions
1049:Partisan Directorate
997:Counter-intelligence
562:Nikolai Selivanovsky
532:Defense Commissariat
297:Operation Barbarossa
291:Operation Barbarossa
170:counter-intelligence
2869:Fischer, Benjamin.
2414:Soviet Union portal
2337:Vyacheslav Tikhonov
2268:Vadim Kozhevnikov's
2095:Operation Bagration
2019:Vadim J. Birstein,
1940:Ivan I. Maslennikov
663:working behind the
281:Soviet Armed Forces
23:
3231:, By Nathan Wilson
2717:2008-06-20 at the
2602:2020-10-08 at the
2286:Vladimir Vajnshtok
2228:Vladimir Bogomolov
2226:— a 1973 novel by
2169:, taking over the
2159:the Church opposes
2105:In popular culture
1814:Northwestern Front
1744:Valerian A. Frolov
1577:behind front lines
1415:military districts
1329:Chief and Deputies
941:Troop Surveillance
887:Staff Surveillance
741:At the end of the
617:political officers
492:SMERSH fought the
434:counter-insurgency
407:
62:Preceding agencies
21:
3184:978-0-307-70066-7
3111:10.1080/714001037
3083:978-1-84954-689-8
3057:978-1-349-18610-5
2972:978-1-84954-108-4
2677:978-1-84954-108-4
2509:978-5-237-03178-2
2037:counter-espionage
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1983:Far Eastern Front
1967:Transbaikal Front
1838:Vasili Sokolovsky
1753:Dmitrii Mel'nikov
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1012:Dept. Information
736:Aleksandr Sidorov
709:Dimitrii Zenichev
691:Manhattan Project
536:Defence Commissar
427:counter-espionage
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2163:Sea Organization
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1973:Mikhail Kovalyov
1906:Fyodor Tolbukhin
1804:Kirill Meretskov
1787:Andrei Yeremenko
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743:Second World War
726:Nuremberg Trials
722:Aleksandr Leonov
695:Pavel Sudoplatov
651:Sergei Kartashov
498:Augustów roundup
450:forced labourers
444:Other activities
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