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Was he really a KGB operative and master of subversion? https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/yuri-bezmenov-subversion-kgb.jpgYuri Bezmenov Subversion KGBWho was Yuri Bezmenov? Was he really a KGB operative and master of subversion? 2020-12-19T09:05:28+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2019/12/20/robert-maxwell-the-kgb/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/nikolai-shvarev.jpgNikolai ShvarevAuthor KGB Col. Nikolai Shvarevhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/robert-maxwell-gorby-ap.jpgRobert Maxwell Gorby APMikhail Gorbachev feeling fantastic with Robert Maxwell. Photo Credit: APhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/robert-maxwell-collage.jpgRobert Maxwell and the KGBRobert Maxwell - mentor to Jeffrey Epstein - was a Mossad agent and had many dealings with the Soviet Politburo. What did the KGB know about Maxwell?2023-07-17T18:51:40+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2018/03/27/victor-rothschild-soviet-spy/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ivan-serov.jpgIvan Serov KGBAn enforcer for Stalin and Khrushchev, Ivan Serov served as the first chairman of the KGB from 1954 to 1958. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rothschild-victor-house-of-lords.jpgRothschild Victor House of Lordshttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rothschild-soviet-spy-ivan-serov-kgb.jpgRothschild Soviet Spy | KGB Chief Ivan Serov MemoirsBritain's Lord Victor Rothschild was a Soviet spy alongside the Kim Philby and the Cambridge Five, according to the diaries of the first chairman of the KGB, Ivan Serov. Serov met Rothschild in London in 1955 and left an entry about it in his diary.2018-03-29T15:28:28+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2017/02/17/did-russia-hack-the-election/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/svr-banner-ceremony.jpgsvr-banner-ceremonyDmitry Medvedev presents the banner of the SVR to its then-director, Mikhail Fradkov, 2009. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hack-the-election.jpghack-the-electionDid Vladimir Putin order Russian intelligence to hack the US presidential elections of 2016? Mark Hackard details the history of the Soviet KGB's disinformation and deception programs, as well as why intelligence collection and espionage by Russia's SVR don't necessarily equate to covert action to catapult Donald Trump into the White House.2017-03-07T08:53:07+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/07/01/russian-samurai-vasilii-riabov-hero-russo-japanese-war/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/orenburg-cossacks.jpgOrenburg CossacksOrenburg Cossacks in the Russo-Japanese War. Photo: ITAR_TASS.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/poster-russo-japanese-war.jpgPoster Russo-Japanese WarA Russian poster of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. The war was a disaster for Russia in the Far East and trigger for revolution.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/russo-japanese-war-nina-ii.jpgRusso-Japanese War Intelligence OperationsThe story of Russian reconnaissance scout Vasilii Riabov, who during the Russo-Japanese War went behind enemy lines in Manchuria to gather intelligence on Japanese troop movements. He was captured, but earned admiration from the Japanese for his bravery and died a hero's death.2016-07-06T20:36:34+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/08/22/soviet-intelligence-kgb-japan/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/japan-illegal-case.jpgJapan Illegal CaseSoviet Intelligence KGB Illegal Japanhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/flag-svr.jpgFlag SVRFlag of the KGB First Chief Directorate's successor service, the SVR.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bir-and-khaleph-kgb-illegals.jpgBir and Khaleph KGB IllegalsBir and Khaleph, Soviet KGB illegal officers posing as Uygur residents of Japan.2016-06-07T20:46:45+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/06/03/kgb-directorate-s-training-an-illegal/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rudolf-abel-at-konon-molody-funeral.jpgRudolf Abel at Konon Molody FuneralFamed illegal KGB Col. Rudolf Abel (William Genrikhovich Fisher) at his colleague Konon Molody's funeral in 1970. Abel would die the following year. Their bodies are buried near each other at Donskoy Cemetery in Moscow.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/semichastny-vladimir.jpgSemichastny VladimirLt. Gen. Vladimir Semichastny, KGB Chairman from 1961 to 1967.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/directorate-s-stamps.jpgDirectorate S StampsA Soviet stamp set celebrating the 70th anniversary of the KGB First Chief Directorate in 1990. Among the officers honored are illegals Ivan Kudrya, Rudolf Abel (William Fisher) and Konon Molody.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/directorate-s-training.jpgDirectorate S TrainingFormer Soviet KGB Chairman Vladimir Semichastny (1924-2001) explains how the KGB's elite Directorate S prepared illegals - deep cover officers - for their missions. KGB Directorate S trained illegals intensively over the course of years so that they could pose as foreigners and blend into a target state. 2017-03-07T07:36:39+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/12/19/oswald-the-kgb-in-mexico/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oswald-fair-play-for-cuba.jpgLee Harvey Oswald and others handing out "Fair Play for Cuba" leA good sign of an intelligence asset: former US Marine and "defector" Oswald hands out "Fair Play for Cuba" flyers in New Orleans in August of 1963.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/oswald-kgb-cia-mexico-city.jpgOswald KGB CIA Mexico CityLee Harvey Oswald supposedly showed up at the Soviet embassy in Mexico City shortly before President John F. Kennedy's assassination on Nov. 22, 1963. Here is the account of the KGB officer who met him there.2016-05-29T21:02:12+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/05/19/dr-richard-spence-espionage-secret-societies-the-occult/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/richard-spence-interview.jpgRichard Spence InterviewDr. Richard Spence, professor at Idaho State University and an expert on intelligence, secret societies and their ties to the occult, speaks with Jay Dyer on black magician Aleister Crowley as an agent of British intelligence ("Secret Agent 666") as well as the efforts of early Bolshevik-period Soviet intelligence, the OGPU, and its Special Department under Gleb Bokii to discover the occult secrets to world power in Tibet's legendary Shambhala. 2016-05-19T23:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/05/07/kgb-intelligence-counterintelligence-film-industry-britain/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ingrid-pitt-ii.jpgIngrid Pitt IIIngrid Pitt seduces Richard Burton in Where Eagles Dare. In jest or not, Lekarev says she was an "MI5 honeytrap." https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/peter-o-toole-ii.jpgPeter O Toole IIPeter O'Toole as British spy Lawrence of Arabia. Image: Columbia Pictureshttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/soviet-embassy-london.jpgSoviet Embassy LondonThe Soviet (now Russian) Embassy in London, where Lekarev didn't spend much time.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/miss-moneypenny.jpgMiss MoneypennyMiss Moneypenny romanced by James Bond. Image: United Artistshttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/stalker.jpgStalkerScene from Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film Stalker.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/valery-lekarev.jpgValery LekarevLekarev's father Valery Petrovich Lekarev, seen here playing Napoleon in The Ships Storm the Bastions in 1953.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mi5-headquarters-thames-house.jpgMI5 Headquarters Thames HouseMI5 headquarters at Thames House.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/london-kgb-movies-iii.jpgLondon KGB Movies IIIKGB Colonel Stanislav Lekarev (1935-2010) takes us undercover as a Soviet film executive in 1970's Great Britain, matching wits with MI5, British counterintelligence. 2016-05-13T23:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/06/19/stig-wennerstrom-soviet-spy-gru/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stig-wennerstrom-case-vi.jpgStig Wennerstrom Case VIRead the inside story of the case of spy Stig Wennerström, a Swedish Air Force colonel who passed highly guarded NATO secrets onto the Soviet GRU (military intelligence) during the 1950's and 1960's. A classic case of Cold War espionage between East and West. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stig-wennerstrom-case-v.jpgStig Wennerstrom Case GRU Espionagehttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stig-wennerstrom-case-iii.jpgStig Wennerstrom Case IIIhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/swedish-sc3a4po-emblem.jpgSwedish Säpo EmblemEmblem for Säpo, Swedish counterintelligence.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/swedish-dc-3.jpgSwedish DC-3The Swedish Air Force DC-3 Hugin that disappeared in 1952. Photo: spyflight-co.ukhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/saab-j-35-ii.jpgSaab J-35The Saab J-35 Draken, the technical secrets and capabilities of which Wennerström forwarded to the GRU.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stig-wennerstrom-1963.jpgStig Wennerstrom 1963Wennerström after his exposure as a GRU agent in 1963. Photo: sverigesradio.sehttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stig-wennerstrom-w-soviet-officer.jpgStig Wennerstrom w Soviet GRU OfficerSwedish Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerstrom (R) with Soviet GRU General Vitaly Nikolsky (L).https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/stig-wennerstrom-minox-b.jpgStig Wennerstrom Minox B Spy CameraStig Wennerstrom's Minox B camera with document stand, located in the Swedish Air Force Museum.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/vitaly-nikolsky-gru.jpgVitaly Nikolsky GRUGRU Major General Vitaly Nikolsky, Wennerstrom's handler.2016-05-13T23:05:13+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/04/02/kgb-foreign-counterintelligence/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/line-kr-kgb-foreign-counterintelligence-ii.jpgLine KR KGB Foreign Counterintelligence IIKGB Colonel Viktor Cherkashin shares his insights and experiences from working in Directorate K - KGB Foreign Counterintelligence, "Line KR" - during the dark days of the Cold War, and running American agents like Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kgb-70-year-anniversary.jpgKGB 70 Year AnniversaryThe KGB celebrates its 70th Anniversary in 1987. Standing in back are soldiers of the KGB's elite Kremlin Regiment.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/viktor-cherkashin.jpgViktor CherkashinKGB Colonel Viktor Cherkashin. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/tolkachev-document-photography.jpgTolkachev Document PhotographyTolkachev photographs secret documents for the CIA. The painting, by Kathy Frantz Fieramosca, is displayed at CIA headquarters in Langley, VA.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/vitaly-yurchenko.jpgVitaly YurchenkoKGB FCD Colonel Vitaly Yurchenko decides to re-defect, leaving the CIA looking sheepish.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/line-kr-kgb-foreign-counterintelligence.jpgLine KR KGB Foreign CounterintelligenceKGB Colonel Viktor Cherkashin shares his insights and experiences from working in Directorate K - KGB Foreign Counterintelligence, "Line KR" - during the dark days of the Cold War, and running American agents like Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen.2016-05-13T19:56:23+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/07/24/aleksandr-ogorodnik-cia-kgb/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ogorodnik-case1.jpgAleksandr Ogorodnik Trigon CIA vs. KGBhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/andropov-gromyko.jpgAndropov GromykoSoviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and KGB Chairman Yuri Andropov, 1982.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ogorodnik-dead-drop-map.jpgOgorodnik Dead Drop MapMap supplied by the CIA to Trigon (Aleksandr Ogorodnik) for dead drops in Moscow.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ogorodnik-dead-drop-map-ii.jpgOgorodnik Dead Drop Map IIhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ogorodnik-case.jpgAleksandr Ogorodnik Case CIA vs. KGB2016-06-22T00:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/05/13/kgb-cia-counterintelligence-martha-peterson-ogorodnik/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/martha-peterson-at-lubyanka-ii.jpgMartha Peterson at Lubyanka IIPresented by KGB officers with the evidence of her intelligence activity, Peterson sits stoically. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/martha-peterson-at-lubyanka.jpgMartha Peterson at LubyankaPeterson is also shown the false rock used by the CIA for dead drops, but seems to ignore it.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/martha-peterson-us-consul.jpgMartha Peterson US ConsulThe KGB shows the US Consul the CIA's dead drop disguised as a rock during his visit to Lubyanka for Peterson. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/martha-peterson-ogorodnik-cache.jpgMartha Peterson Ogorodnik CacheCIA agent Aleksandr Ogorodnik's cache of espionage equipment, including poisons, cameras, secret writing, and cash.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/martha-peterson-communications-equipment.pngMartha Peterson Communications EquipmentPeterson's field radio, specially attached by a wire running to her watch.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/martha-peterson-detainment-i.jpgMartha Peterson Detainment ICIA intelligence officer Martha Peterson is detained by a KGB counterintelligence team.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/martha-peterson-in-ussr.jpgMartha Peterson in USSRCIA officer Martha Peterson photographed during her tour of duty in the USSR. Image: Star Newshttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/martha-peterson-cia-zaitsev-kgb-ii.jpgMartha Peterson CIA Zaitsev KGB IIRead how CIA officer Martha Peterson was captured in 1977 by a KGB counterintelligence snatch team during her attempt to service a dead drop left by her agent, Aleksandr Ogorodnik - Trigon. Retired KGB Major General Gennady Nikolaevich Zaitsev recounts the operation here.2016-05-15T03:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/04/29/operation-long-jump-stopping-skorzeny-nkvd-vs-ss/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/agayants-ivan-maj-gen-kgb.jpgAgayants Ivan Maj. Gen. KGBAgayants at the end of his career as a Major General in the KGB.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/agayants-ivan-with-wife.jpgAgayants Ivan with WifeIvan Agayants with his wife Elena.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ss-fallschirmjc3a4ger.jpgSS FallschirmjägerWaffen-SS Fallschirmjäger (paratroop commandos).https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/big-three-tehran.jpgBig Three TehranStalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill: the Big Three.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/skorzeny-mussolini-ii.jpgGran Sasso, Mussolini vor HotelThe towering Otto Skorzeny, center left, and his SS commandos escort Benito Mussolini after Operation Oak (Eiche) the successful rescue of the Italian leader at San Grasso in September 1943. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/charles-de-gaulle.jpegCharles de GaulleFrench Gen. Charles de Gaulle at the 1943 Casablanca Conference. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/tehran-43-poster.jpgTehran 43 PosterThe poster for the 1981 Soviet historically-based spy film Tehran-43.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/tehran-1943-ii.jpgTehran 1943 IILearn how Soviet intelligence stopped Otto Skorzeny, SS commando and Hitler's top assassin, from killing the Big Three at the Tehran Conference in 1943. 2016-04-30T05:28:24+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/about/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mark-hackard-personal-photo-xa.jpgMark Hackard Personal Photo XaMark Hackardhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mark-hackard-personal-photo-v.jpgMark Hackard Personal Photo VMark Hackard2016-04-18T23:45:57+00:00weekly0.6https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/04/16/the-bolsheviks-occult-war/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/soviet-bolshevik-poster.jpgSoviet Bolshevik PosterThe Promethean (Luciferian) themes in this Bolshevik revolutionary propaganda poster are hard to miss.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/roerich-tibet.jpgRoerich TibetArtist Nicholas Roerich's painting of Tibet.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/eyes-wide-shut.jpgEyes Wide ShutKubrick's Eyes Wide Shut is only the latest depiction of deviant elites, an update of Woland's ball in Master and Margarita.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bokii-gleb.jpgBokii GlebRevolutionary and occultist Gleb Bokii, chief of the OGPU Special Department.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ogpu-tibet-expedition.jpgOGPU Tibet ExpeditionWhat was Soviet intelligence - the Cheka/OGPU - doing in Tibet in a secretive 1925 expedition? Learn about Yakov Blumkin and Gelb Bokii's mysterious activities to gain ultimate power. Where atheist Bolshevism meets the realm of the occult, at Espionage History Archive.2016-04-17T00:35:16+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/03/25/intelligence-cults-audio-interview/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/scientology-cia-ii.jpgScientology CIA IIWhat are the CIA's ties to cults like Scientology and other esoteric/occult organizations such as Freemasonry? 2016-03-28T05:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/02/27/scientology-the-cia/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cia-scientology.jpgCIA ScientologyWhat's the connection between the CIA and Scientology? Russian researcher Aleksandr Dvorkin shows the deep ties between intelligence, strange religions, and the occult. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scientology-e-meter.jpgScientology E-MeterAre we having fun yet? Tell all your most intimate secrets to the E-Meter; it's strictly confidential!https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scientology-greece-document.jpgScientology Greece DocumentScientology internal document on CIA cooperation, confiscated by Greek police. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/us-intelligence-community.jpgUS Intelligence Communityhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scientology-aleister-crowley-tarot-card.jpgScientology Aleister Crowley Tarot CardThe rose-and-cross Tarot card developed by Satanist Aleister Crowley. Note the likeness with the Scientology cross.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scientology-moscow.jpgScientology Moscowhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scientology-stage.jpgScientology Stagehttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scientology-golden-dawn-ii.jpgScientology Golden Dawn IIBe ready to surrender your gold to listen to Golden Dawn.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scientology-golden-dawn.jpgScientology Golden Dawn"An invitation to freedom? Sign me up!!"https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/scientology-l-ron-hubbard.jpgScientology L. Ron HubbardL. Ron Hubbard.2016-03-22T20:36:04+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/03/12/kremlin-guard-kgb-ninth-directorate/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/kremlin-regiment-ia.jpgKremlin Regiment IaSoldiers of the KGB Ninth Directorate's Kremlin Regiment conduct the changing of the guard ceremony outside Lenin's tomb. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/kgb-9th-directorate-bodyguard-motor-escort.jpgKGB 9th Directorate Bodyguard Motor EscortKGB Ninth Directorate officers practice motorcade tactics with a car from GON, the directorate's Special Purpose Garage.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/brezhnev-funeral.jpgBrezhnev FuneralPolitburo Members, including Yuri Andropov (R), and officers of the KGB's Ninth Directorate carry Leonid Breznhev's casket. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/kgb-9th-directorate-kremlin-guard.jpgKGB 9th Directorate Kremlin GuardGo inside the KGB's elite Ninth Directorate - the Kremlin Guard, responsible for protecting the Soviet Politburo throughout the dark days of the Cold War. 2016-03-12T00:58:17+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/03/05/occult-mi6-dennis-wheatley/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wheatley-novel-christopher-lee.pngWheatley Novel Christopher LeeChristopher Lee as the Duc de Richleau.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wheatley-novel-ii.jpgWheatley Novel IIThe ultimate prosperity gospel: Mocata's Satanist cult prepares a sacrifice in The Devil Rides Out. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wheatley-dennis-ii.jpgWheatley Dennis IIDennis Wheatley, occult novelist and British intelligence officer.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/occult-mi6-dennis-wheatley.jpgNightscapeDennis Wheatley was not only an occult novelist - he was also a British intelligence asset, working for MI6, and was a "student" of notorious Satanist Aleister Crowley.2021-10-04T16:59:39+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/02/20/yuri-andropov-kgb-directorate-s/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/soviet-staraya-square-moscow.jpgSoviet Staraya Square MoscowThe view from Lubyanka: Staraya Square, headquarters of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/kgb-collegium-1982.jpgKGB Collegium 1982Yuri Andropov (seated center left) with the KGB Collegium in 1982. Pictured are deputy chairmen and chiefs of directorates. Vladimir Kryuchkov, chief of the FCD (Foreign Intelligence) is standing to his upper left.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/andropov-kgb-directorate-s.jpgAndropov KGB Directorate SKGB Maj. Gen. Yuri Drozdov recalls KGB Chairman Yuri Andropov's leadership and his guidance of Directorate S, the Illegals.2016-03-06T18:28:53+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/02/12/hollywood-spies-north-by-northwest/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12670247_1058489477537282_2002263027353192441_n.jpg12670247_1058489477537282_2002263027353192441_nRoald Dahl with Walt Disney in the book The Irregulars.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/north-by-northwest-newspaper.jpgNorth by Northwest NewspaperMore Faux News, brought to you via Langley. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/north-by-northwest-hitchcock.jpgNorth by Northwest HitchcockA deeper esoteric analysis of intelligence and secret society connections in Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 espionage thriller North by Northwest.2016-02-13T00:34:01+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/02/06/putins-path-to-the-kgb/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/feat-of-an-intelligence-officer-poster.jpgFeat of an Intelligence Officer PosterFeat of an Intelligence Officer, one of the spy films Putin watched while growing up. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/putin-kgb-captain.jpgPutin KGB Captainhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/putin-judo.jpgPutin JudoA young Vladimir Putin practices Judo, a martial art which he would master.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/putin-kgb-nina-collage.jpgPutin's Road to the KGBGrowing up in Leningrad, a young Vladimir Putin sought to be the heroic figure from popular Soviet novels and films - a KGB officer.2016-02-12T01:15:03+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/01/22/washingtons-gru-general/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/polyakov-sketches.jpgPolyakov SketchesKGB counterintelligence sketches of where Polyakov communicated with the CIA in Moscow - leaving a chalk mark at Gorky Park to signal his handlers, and sending burst transmissions from a bus stop across from the US Embassy. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/polyakov-in-india.jpgPolyakov in IndiaPolyakov, then holding the rank of colonel, at a diplomatic reception. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fsb-museum.jpgFSB MuseumEntryway to the FSB Museum at Lubyanka, Moscow.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lubyanka-fsb-headquarters.jpgLubyanka FSB Headquartershttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/polyakov-case.jpgPolyakov CaseGRU Major General Dmitry Polyakov was US intelligence's most prized asset in Soviet military intelligence throughout the Cold War - until the KGB tracked him down.2016-01-30T04:56:32+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/01/15/kgb-illegal-intelligence-in-south-africa/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/south-africa-pelindaba-nuclear.jpgSouth Africa Pelindaba NuclearSouth Africa's Nuclear Research Center in Pelindaba.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/kozlov-aleksei.jpgKozlov AlekseiKGB Colonel and Hero of Russia Aleksei Kozlov in his later years.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/south-africa-kgb-illegal.jpgSouth Africa KGB IllegalKGB Colonel Aleksei Kozlov tells of his time as a deep-cover illegal intelligence officer in South Africa. 2016-01-23T00:15:03+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2016/01/09/the-kremlins-psychic-spies/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/kremlin-psychic-spies-ii.jpgKremlin Psychic Spies IIPsychic espionage: how the Kremlin read Madeline Albright's thoughts on Russia and NATO action in Yugoslavia. Ret. KGB General Boris Ratnikov tells all.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/kremlin-psychic-spies.jpgKremlin Psychic Spieshttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yeltsin-in-japan.jpgYeltsin in JapanYeltsin finally makes it to Japan in 1993 after having his prior trips postponed.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/brzezinski-russia-map.jpgBrzezinski Russia MapA map drafted by Secretary Albright's mentor, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, who has openly called for the dismemberment of Russia.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/rogozin-georgy.jpgRogozin GeorgyRatnikov's colleague Georgy Rogozin (1942-1914), known as the "Kremlin's magician" during Yeltsin's reign. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ratnikov-boris-iv.jpgRatnikov Boris IVKGB FSO Major General Boris Ratnikovhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ratnikov-boris-i.jpgRatnikov Boris IGuarding Yeltsin. Ratnikov can be seen in a suit fourth from left.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ratnikov-boris-iii.gifRatnikov Boris III2016-01-09T08:12:09+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/12/31/the-real-americans-kgb-directorate-s/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/the-americans.jpgThe AmericansThe real "Americans" KGB Directorate S - The Soviet Illegals Program.2015-12-31T22:14:39+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/12/12/treachery-at-lubyanka/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/polischchuk-leonid-instructions.jpgPolischchuk Leonid InstructionsCIA instructions to agent Leonid Polishchuk, a KGB major, for a meet or dead drop in Moscow. Image: NTVhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/arrest-detainment-counterintelligence.jpgArrest Detainment CounterintelligenceVorontsov's CIA handler Michael Sellers is detained by a KGB counterintelligence snatch team, likely from spetsnaz Group Alpha. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sheymov-viktor.jpgSheymov Viktorhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bobkov-filipp.jpgBobkov Filipphttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lubyanka-treachery.jpgLubyanka TreacheryKGB General Filipp Bobkov, a veteran counterintelligence officer, tells of CIA penetrations into the KGB during the dark days of the Cold War. 2015-12-12T13:15:05+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/12/04/secrets-of-spectre/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/james-bond-spectre-collage.jpgJames Bond Spectre CollageSecrets of SPECTRE: Deep politics, secret societies, and occult predictive programming.2015-12-05T00:34:19+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/11/21/malta-masonry-the-cia/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cia-masonry-malta-collage.jpgCIA Masonry Malta Collagehttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/zbigniew-brzezinski-jihad.jpgZbigniew Brzezinski Jihadhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/reinhard-gehlen-gladio.pngReinhard Gehlen Gladiohttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/knights-of-malta-900-years.jpgKnights of Malta 900 yearsKnights of the Order of Malta walk in procession toward St. Peter's Basilica to mark the 900th anniversary of the Order of the Knights of Malta, on Saturday at the Vatican.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/boris-yeltsin-knight-of-malta.jpgBoris Yeltsin Knight of Malta2021-10-28T19:45:45+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/11/07/mission-to-syria/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/syria-collage.jpgSyria CollageSoviet-Syrian Relationshttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/jamil-mardam-bey.jpgJamil Mardam BeyJamil Mardam Bey, a 33rd-degree Grand Orient Freemason, with Saudi Prince Faisal.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/molotov.jpgMolotovSoviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/damascus-1940s-fareed-abou-haidar.jpgDamascus 1940s Fareed Abou-HaidarDamascus in the 1940s. Photo Credit: Fareed Abou-Haidarhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/syria-french-mandate.jpgSyria French MandateThe French Mandate in interwar Syria.2015-11-14T20:23:32+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/10/31/putin-east-germany-psychological-portrait/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/putin-at-a-kgb-party-in-dresden.jpgPutin at a KGB Party in DresdenPutin at a party with fellow KGB officers in Dresden.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/putin-during-kgb-training.jpgPutin during KGB TrainingPutin around the time of his KGB training in Leningrad.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/putin-in-east-germany.jpgPutin in East GermanyVladimir Putin as a young KGB officer.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/putin-in-east-germany-ii.jpgPutin in East GermanyVladimir Putin's days as a KGB officer in Dresden, East Germany.2015-11-17T04:28:44+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/10/24/the-real-manchurian-candidate/2015-10-24T14:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/10/16/the-demise-of-enver-pasha/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/enver-pasha-collage.jpgEnver Pasha DeathThe death of Enver Pasha at the hands of the Red Army in Soviet Central Asia.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/basmachi-negotiations.jpgBasmachi NegotiationsRed Army negotiations with the Basmachi in the Ferghana Valley, 1921.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bukhara-vladimir-petrov.jpgBukhara Vladimir PetrovBukhara. Painting by Vladimir Petrov.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/enver-pasha-ii.jpgEnver PashaEnver Pasha, pictured on an Ottoman postcard.2015-10-22T17:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/10/09/ivan-ilyin-vs-the-nkvd/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ivan-ilyin-nkvd.jpgIvan Ilyin vs. NKVDRussian Philosopher Ivan Ilyin vs. Soviet NKVD.2015-10-16T23:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/10/02/007-moonraker-breakaway-civilization/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/moonraker-ii.jpgMoonraker007 Moonraker, Breakaway Civilization, Eugenicshttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/moonraker.jpgMoonraker Breakaway Civilization Eugenics2015-10-02T23:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/09/26/kgb-illegals-false-flag-recruitment/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bnd-pullach.jpgBND PullachEntrance to BND headquarters in Pullach, Germany. Photo: Stephan Jansen/dpa.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/operation-scorpion-ii.jpgOperation ScorpionKGB Directorate S Illegals False Flag Recruitmenthttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/operation-scorpion.jpgOperation ScorpionKGB Directorate S Germany 2015-09-26T19:30:34+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/09/18/great-game-russia-tibet/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tibet-drepung-monastery-prayer-room.jpgTibet Drepung Monastery Prayer RoomA prayer room at Drepung Monastery, Tibet. Photo by Antoine Taveneaux.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kalmyks.jpgKalmyksEthnographic photo of Kalmyk men.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tibet-potala-palace-antoine-taveneaux.jpgTibet Potala Palace Antoine TaveneauxPotala Palace in Lhasa. Photo by Antoine Taveneaux.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/siberian-cossacks.jpgSiberian CossacksSiberian Cossacks in Omsk, by S. Sovichko.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/great-game-tibet.jpgGreat Game Tibet Russia Britain2015-09-19T01:41:21+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/09/11/diamonds-are-forever-hughes-kidnapping-onassis/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/diamonds-are-forever-ii.jpgDiamonds Are Forever Esoteric Analysis2015-09-11T22:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/07/31/soviet-intelligence-wwii-nkvd/2015-09-10T16:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/09/04/stalin-assassination-wwii-smersh/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/otto-skorzeny.jpgBudapest, Otto Skorzeny, Adrian v. FölkersamSS special operations commander Standartenführer Otto Skorzeny.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/grigorenko_g-f.jpgCol.-Gen. Grigorii Grigorenkohttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tavrin-with-sd-officer.jpgTavrin with SD OfficerTavrin (R) with one of his SD controllers (L).https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/grigorenko_g-f-ii.jpgGrigorenko_G.F IISMERSH officer Grigorii Grigorenko, 1944.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tavrin-lidia.jpgTavrin LidiaTavrin with Lidia Shilova.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/operation-fog-nina.jpgOperation Fog Soviet Counterintelligence SMERSH WWII2015-09-15T10:06:59+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/08/28/the-kgb-in-africa/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image2.jpgimageGood Morning, Africa!https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image1.jpgBrezhnev GaddhafiLeonid Brezhnev meets Muammar Gaddhafi in the Kremlin. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image.jpgSoviet advisors in AngolaSoviet military advisors in Angola.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/africa-kgb.jpgAfrica KGB Soviet Intelligence Cold War2024-05-16T20:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/08/14/tolkachev-cia-kgb-counterintelligence/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tolkachev-case-ii1.jpgTolkachev Case CIA KGB Cold WarTo arrest CIA agent Adolph Tolkachev, the Soviet KGB deployed its elite Alpha commando unit into action.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tolkachev-case-ii.jpgTolkachev Case CIA KGBTo arrest CIA agent Adolph Tolkachev, the Soviet KGB deployed its elite Alpha commando unit into action.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/kgb-alpha-snatches-tolkachev.jpgKGB Alpha Snatches TolkachevKGB Alpha operators spirit Tolkachev (CIA agent name CK SPHERE) into an waiting van.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/kgb-alpha-detains-tolkachev.jpgKGB Alpha Detains Tolkachevhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/vladimir-zaitsev.jpgVladimir ZaitsevKGB Lt. Col. Vladimir Nikolaevich Zaitsev, lead officer in the capture of CIA spy Adolph Tolkachev.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/b-2-stealth-bomber.jpgThe B-2 Spirit "Stealth Bomber," whose design was influenced by the materials Tolkachev provided the CIA.2015-08-24T23:17:15+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/08/07/soviet-kgb-active-measures-disinformation/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/james-angleton-iii.jpgJames AngletonCIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton, a key sponsor of defector Anatoly Golitsyn and the "grand deception" theory.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/active-measures-ii.jpgActive Measures KGB CIA Deception Disinformationhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/active-measures.jpgKGB Soviet Active Measures Disinformation2015-08-08T00:18:44+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/05/01/the-great-cia-molehunt/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/vitaly-pavlov.jpgVitaly PavlovLt. Gen. Vitaly Pavlovhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cia-molehunt.jpgCIA Molehunt2015-08-07T22:36:49+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/07/17/russian-intelligence-vs-napoleon/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/borodino-prayer-1812.jpgBorodino Prayer 1812Russian soldiers pray before the Battle of Borodino in 1812. Painting by Egor Zaitsev. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/borodino-prayer-iii.jpgBorodino Prayer IIIhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/borodino-prayer-iv.jpgBorodino Prayer IVhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/battle-borodino-prayer-ii.jpgBattle Borodino Prayer IIhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/battle-borodino-prayer.jpgBattle Borodino Prayerhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/napoleon-in-russia.jpgNapoleon in Russiahttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/chernyshev-aleksandr.jpgChernyshev AleksandrRussian intelligence officer Aleksandr Ivanovich Chernyshev.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/russian-intelligence-vs-napoleon-iv.jpgRussian Intelligence vs Napoleon2015-07-17T23:49:29+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/07/09/the-prisoner-a-deep-state-analysis/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/the-prisoner-collage-iii.jpgThe Prisoner Patrick McGoohan Analysis2015-07-11T19:31:42+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/07/02/soviet-kgb-latin-america-peru/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/peru-salvador_allende_velasco_alvarado_y_clodomiro_almeyda.jpgPeru Salvador_Allende,_Velasco_Alvarado_y_Clodomiro_AlmeydaGeneral Juan Velasco Alvarado (C), with Chilean President Salvador Allende (L) and Chilean socialist leader Clodomiro Almeyda.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nikolai-leonov-ii.jpgNikolai LeonovNikolai Leonov today. Photo: gvardiya.ruhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nikolai-leonov-w-castro.jpgNikolai Leonov w CastroLeonov confers with Fidel and Raul Castro in Cuba.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/peru-mission-leonov.jpgPeru Soviet KGB Latin America2015-07-23T00:40:23+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/06/26/the-kgb-in-india-a-recruitment-account/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/india-recruitment-story-iv.jpgKGB Operations in Indiahttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/india-recruitment-story-ii.jpgKGB Operations in Indiahttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/vadim-sopryakov-1998.jpgVadim Sopryakov 1998Vadim Sopryakov with wife Lydia in 1998.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/soviet-embassy-india.jpgSoviet Embassy IndiaThe Soviet, now Russian, embassy in Delhi, India.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/soviet-india-brezhnev-gandhi-ii-ria-novosti.jpgSoviet-India Brezhnev Gandhi II RIA NovostiLeonid Brezhnev and Indira Gandhi at a dinner at the Soviet embassy in Delhi. RIA Novosti2015-06-27T13:10:45+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/06/12/the-kgb-the-sino-soviet-split/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/china-cult-revolution-kgb-ii.jpgChina Cultural Revolution Soviet KGBhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/chinese-red-guard-poster.jpgChinese Red Guard PosterHere comes the sun!https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/soviet-border-guards-damansky.jpgSoviet Border Guards DamanskySoviet KGB Border Guards on Damansky Island, site of fierce battles with Chinese forces. 1969.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/yuri-drozdov-w-wife-1957.jpgYuri Drozdov w wife 1957KGB illegal Yuri Drozdov with his wife in 1957, the time of this service in Germany.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/china-cult-revolution-kgb.jpgChina Cultural Revolution Soviet KGB2015-06-15T04:19:01+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/06/12/mark-hackard-on-red-ice-radio/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/red-ice-cover-mark-hackard-full-screen.jpgRed Ice Cover Mark Hackard Full Screen2015-06-12T23:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/06/05/stalin-tito-assassination/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/grigulevich-iv.jpgGrigulevichMGB illegal Josef Grigulevich as Costa Rican ambassador Teodor Castro in Rome. https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tito-assassination.jpgTito Assassination2015-06-06T09:38:08+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/05/29/soviet-intelligence-on-the-eve-of-wwii/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/artur-artuzov.jpgArtur ArtuzovArtur Khristianovich Artuzov, "grandmaster" of Soviet intelligence.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lubyanka-1939.jpgLubyanka 1939Lubyanka, NKVD headquarters, in 1939. Photo: opoccuu.comhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/eve-of-war-cover.jpgSoviet Intelligence on the Eve of WWII2016-02-20T17:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/05/22/kgb-romeo-espionage/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bundeswehr.jpgBundeswehrGerman Bundeswehr Recruiting Poster.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bonn-christmas.jpgBonn ChristmasChristmas in Bonn, Germany.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/aleksandr-korotkov-photo-iii.jpgAleksandr KorotkovKGB Maj. Gen. 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Chairman Vlahttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/alpha-iv-kgb-dep.jpgAlpha IV KGB Dep2015-04-15T17:07:13+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/04/02/vympel-kgb-spetsnaz/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kgb-officers-afghanistan.jpgKGB Officers AfghanistanKGB officers in Afghanistan. Photo: Viktor Rudenkohttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/balashikha-kgb-training.jpgBalashikha KGB TrainingTraining at the KGB's Balashikha special facility.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/vympel-anatoly-kolesnikov-w-pgu-shield.jpgVympel Anatoly Kolesnikov w PGU Shield2015-04-09T23:32:22+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2015/04/01/interview-with-a-soviet-spymaster/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yuri-drozdov-iv.jpgYuri Drozdov IVKGB Maj. Gen. 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Leonid Shebarshinhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/101-red-banner-school-pgu-kgb-w-shield.jpg101 KGB Red Banner School PGU KGB w Shield2015-04-02T19:29:21+00:00monthlyhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/2014/12/18/007-secrets-spectre/https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/james-bond-skyfall-w-spectre-symbol-ii.jpgJames Bond Skyfall w Spectre Symbol IIhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/james-bond-skyfall-w-spectre-symbol.jpgJames Bond Skyfall w Spectre Symbolhttps://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mirrors-007.jpgMirrors 007The divided psyche of a programmed killer.https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/javier-bardem.jpgJavier BardemBlonde hackers? Is is 1997 again? 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