March 3, 1922 january 23, 2004 was a major and senior archivist for the soviet unions foreign intelligence service, the first chief directorate of the kgb, who defected to the united kingdom in 1992 after providing the british embassy in riga with a vast collection of kgb files, which became known. Ca pacepa a fost agent kgb sovietic, a fost dovedit. In september 1965, after the kgb collected all of the necessary information, a criminal case was opened. Andrew, vasili mitrokhin, 2005, history, 676 pages.
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Mitrokhin was a soviet archivist for the kgb, who painstakingly copied tens of thousands of pages of the spy agencys files prior to defecting to britain following the dissolution of the ussr. Feb 02, 2004 vasili mitrokhin, who died on january 23 aged 81, was the former kgb archivist whose defection to britain in 1992 brought a treasure trove of soviet secrets to the west. The kgb in europe and the west, a massive account of soviet intelligence operations based on. The supremacy of the indian national congress the third world country on which the kgb eventually concentrated most operational effort during the cold war was india. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. View maxim mitrokhins profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover maxims connections and jobs at similar companies.
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