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After the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, NKVD troops were supposed to evacuate political prisoners to the interior of the Soviet Union, but the hasty retreat of the Red Army, a lack of transportation and other supplies, and general disregard for legal procedures often led to prisoners being simply executed.
People executed for spying for the Soviet Union (1 C, 11 P) ... Pages in category "Executed spies" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total.
Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) and Ethel Rosenberg (née Greenglass; September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) were an American married couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, including providing top-secret information about American radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines, and nuclear weapon designs.
The NKVD soon focused attention on them and began investigating an alleged anti-Soviet conspiracy of German spies in the military, centered around the Air Force and linked to the conspiracies of 1937–1938. Suspects were transferred in early June from the custody of the Military Counterintelligence to the NKVD. Further arrests continued well ...
List of Soviet and Russian assassinations may refer to: List of Soviet assassinations; List of Russian assassinations This page was last edited on 15 ...
A top Soviet official, Vsevolod Balitsky, chose the Polish Military Organization which was disbanded in 1921. The NKVD declared that it continued to exist. Some Soviet Poles were tortured in order to confess to its existence, and denounce other individuals as spies.
Soviet Union: Poisoning. Walter Krivitsky: defected Soviet intelligence officer 1941-02-10 Washington, D.C. United States: Shot by revolver. [5] Mairbek Sheripov: Chechen nationalist 1942-11-07 Chechnya Soviet Union: Soviet security force: Soviet reprisal raid. Wilhelm Kube: Generalkommissar of Weissruthenien: 1943-09-22 Minsk Soviet Union ...
In May 1942, a Russian officer by name of Shilo [59] (or Politov or Polikov), [60] deserted to the Germans. He bragged about his Soviet medals [60] and connections with the Russian high command . [61] The Russian agent took the name Pyotr Ivanovich Tavrin, [59] assumed the identity of an injured Russian major and underwent extensive training. [61]