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Defected during the 1956–57 European Cup in Madrid, Spain, then went to Switzerland József Mindszenty: Cardinal: Hungary: 1956: Fled to the U.S. Embassy in Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; later moved to Austria Sándor Kocsis: Football player: Hungary: 1956: Defected during the 1956–57 European Cup in Madrid, Spain, then ...
The incident took place during the Ogaden War. Throughout the 1980s and early 90s (up to 1991), several Ethiopian pilots defected with their planes to Sudan and Yemen. On 26 May 1991, the pilots of seven Mi-8s, an L-39, two An-12s, three MiG-23s, three Mi-24s and three Mi-35s defected from Ethiopia to Djibouti after the fall of the Mengistu ...
This is an incomplete list of Western Bloc intelligence agents, military personnel, scientists, politicians, diplomats, and other prominent people who defected to the Eastern Bloc or non-aligned countries during the Cold War and after.
Name Defection date Country of defection Comment Georgiy Sergeyevich Agabekov [1]: 1930 France: Disappeared around August 1937. Body never recovered Ignace Reiss
When the Cold War closed the borders in 1948, László and his brother Béla were unable to rejoin their parents after they abandoned them to go to the United States. The boys' release from behind the Iron Curtain after nine years separation from their parents was the first time since the Cold War closed the borders that anyone under 65 years ...
List of Soviet and Eastern Bloc defectors (1924-1991) List of Cold War pilot defections; List of KGB defectors This page was last edited on 10 ...
People employed by the American government or others who defected to the Soviet Union in a manner which violates the laws of the United States.This category is not intended to include Americans who legally renounced their American citizenship and/or took on allegiance to the Soviet Union.
Defectors: How the Illicit Flight of Soviet Citizens Built the Borders of the Cold War World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-754687-1. Tromly, Benjamin. "Ambivalent heroes: Russian defectors and American power in the early Cold War" [dead link ]. Intelligence and National Security 33.5 (2018): 642-658.