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==North American Rezident==

==North American Rezident==

Zarubin was appointed ecame the chief of the KGB legal [[Rezident]]ura in the United States in the fall of 1941. On 12 October,1941, just as the Germans were on the outskirts of Moscow,  Zarubin was personally directed by [[Josef Stalin]] to his primary task: to discover if the United States would attempt to arrange for separate peace with Germany and not finish the war.

Zarubin was appointed ecame the chief of the KGB legal [[Rezident]]ura in the United States in the fall of 1941. On 12 October 1941, just as the Germans were on the outskirts of Moscow,  Zarubin was personally directed by [[Josef Stalin]] to his primary task: to discover if the United States would attempt to arrange for separate peace with Germany and not finish the war.

Zarubin actively participated in recruiting work. The Rezidency obtained political information from the [[United States Government]], and the scientific-technical information that was highly valuable to [[Moscow]] and regularly reported to Stalin.  The Rezidentura under Zarubin achieved large results and made the weighty contribution to strengthening of the economic and military power of the [[Soviet Union]].  Zarubin was recalled in 1944 to face a second accusation of working for the Germans, which he survived.  

Zarubin actively participated in recruiting work. The Rezidency obtained political information from the [[United States Government]], and the scientific-technical information that was highly valuable to [[Moscow]] and regularly reported to Stalin.  The Rezidentura under Zarubin achieved large results and made the weighty contribution to strengthening of the economic and military power of the [[Soviet Union]].  Zarubin was recalled in 1944 to face a second accusation of working for the Germans, which he survived.  

For the achieved results achieved during September 1944 Zarubin received the title of the Commissioner of State Security, and by the decision of the [[Council of People's Commissars]] of the USSR on 9 July, 1945 became a Major General.

For the achieved results achieved during September 1944 Zarubin received the title of the Commissioner of State Security, and by the decision of the [[Council of People's Commissars]] of the USSR on 9 July 1945 became a Major General.

After returning to the USSR, Zarubin became deputy chief of foreign intelligence and simultaneously deputy chief of ''illegal'' foreign intelligence.  He worked in this capacity up to 1948 when he was discharged due to health status.  

After returning to the USSR, Zarubin became deputy chief of foreign intelligence and simultaneously deputy chief of ''illegal'' foreign intelligence.  He worked in this capacity up to 1948 when he was discharged due to health status.  

Lieutenant Colonel [[Vassili D. Mironov]] was a subordinate of [[KGB]] North American [[Rezident]] [[Vasili Zarubin]] during [[World War II]].  While working in the [[United States]], Mironov used the covername Markov.

Lieutenant Colonel [[Vassili D. Mironov]] was a subordinate of [[KGB]] North American [[Rezident]] [[Vasili Zarubin]] during [[World War II]].  While working in the [[United States]], Mironov used the covername Markov.

Mironov evidentally was displeased with his superior and other KGB Officers working in the KGB Rezidentura, and denounced Zarubin and others in anonymous letters to both [[Josef Stalin]] and [[FBI]] Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]].  The letter caused Zarubin's recall to Moscow. The investigation against him and his wife, [[Elizabeth Zarubina]], lasted six months and established that all his contacts were legitimate and valuable, and that Zarubin was not working with the FBI. <ref>Pavel Sudoplatov, with Anatoli Sudoplatov, Jerrold L. and Leona P. Schecter, ''Special Tasks: Memoirs of an Unwanted Witness and Soviet Spymaster'' (New York: Little, Brown, 1994), pp. 196-197.</ref>

Mironov evidentally was displeased with his superior and other KGB Officers working in the KGB Rezidentura, and denounced Zarubin and others in anonymous letters to both [[Josef Stalin]] and [[FBI]] Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]].  The letter caused Zarubin's recall to Moscow. The investigation against him and his wife, [[Elizabeth Zarubina]], lasted six months and established that all his contacts were legitimate and valuable, and that Zarubin was not working with the FBI.<ref>Pavel Sudoplatov, with Anatoli Sudoplatov, Jerrold L. and Leona P. Schecter, ''Special Tasks: Memoirs of an Unwanted Witness and Soviet Spymaster'' (New York: Little, Brown, 1994), pp. 196-197.</ref>

The anonymous letter drafted on a Russian typewriter was mailed in Washington in August 1943.  The original text in Russian was addressed to "Mr. Guver."  It identifies Soviet "intelligence officers and operations that stretched from Canada to Mexico."  This extraordinary note denounced Zarubin and 10 other [[KGB]] officers in North America, along with two of their assets.  FBI Special Agents quickly concluded that the letter was genuine and largely accurate, although they gave little credence to its claim of passing secrets to Japan.  

The anonymous letter drafted on a Russian typewriter was mailed in Washington in August 1943.  The original text in Russian was addressed to "Mr. Guver."  It identifies Soviet "intelligence officers and operations that stretched from Canada to Mexico."  This extraordinary note denounced Zarubin and 10 other [[KGB]] officers in North America, along with two of their assets.  FBI Special Agents quickly concluded that the letter was genuine and largely accurate, although they gave little credence to its claim of passing secrets to Japan.  

The FBI subsequently increased surveillance of persons named in the letter. It also includes accusations of war crimes against the KGB Rezident in Washington, Vassili M. Zarubin (a.k.a. Zubilin), and his deputy, Markov (in the United States under the alias of Lt. Col. Vassili D. Mironov). <ref>Robert Louis Benson, and Michael Warner, eds. [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/venona-soviet-espionage-and-the-american-response-1939-1957/preface.htm VENONA: Soviet Espionage and the American Response, 1939-1957,] pg. 9. Washington, DC: National Security Agency/Central Intelligence Agency, 1996. Laguna Hills, CA: Aegean Park Press, 1996.</ref>  

The FBI subsequently increased surveillance of persons named in the letter. It also includes accusations of war crimes against the KGB Rezident in Washington, Vassili M. Zarubin (a.k.a. Zubilin), and his deputy, Markov (in the United States under the alias of Lt. Col. Vassili D. Mironov).<ref>Robert Louis Benson, and Michael Warner, eds. [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/venona-soviet-espionage-and-the-american-response-1939-1957/preface.htm VENONA: Soviet Espionage and the American Response, 1939-1957,] pg. 9. Washington, DC: National Security Agency/Central Intelligence Agency, 1996. Laguna Hills, CA: Aegean Park Press, 1996.</ref>  

The letter asserted that Zarubin and Mironov were directly implicated in  the bloody occupation of eastern Poland during the [[Nazi-Soviet alliance]] of 1939-41 and the murder of some 15,000 Polish soldiers--officers and NCOs, regulars and reservists--captured by the Red Army. The letter provided accurate and early confirmation of Soviet complicity in the executions in the [[Katyn Massacre|Katyn Forest]] were German occupation forces in April 1943 discovered a mass grave containing 4,300 Polish corpses. Only someone "in the know" could have revealed that Polish soldiers had been interned at Kozelsk and Starobelsk and that Polish soldiers had been killed "near Smolensk." This information was known to only a handful of people in 1943 and was carefully concealed for almost 50 years by Soviet authorities.

The letter asserted that Zarubin and Mironov were directly implicated in  the bloody occupation of eastern Poland during the [[Nazi-Soviet alliance]] of 1939-41 and the murder of some 15,000 Polish soldiers—officers and NCOs, regulars and reservists—captured by the Red Army. The letter provided accurate and early confirmation of Soviet complicity in the executions in the [[Katyn Massacre|Katyn Forest]] were German occupation forces in April 1943 discovered a mass grave containing 4,300 Polish corpses. Only someone "in the know" could have revealed that Polish soldiers had been interned at Kozelsk and Starobelsk and that Polish soldiers had been killed "near Smolensk." This information was known to only a handful of people in 1943 and was carefully concealed for almost 50 years by Soviet authorities.

Mironov was recalled from Washington and arrested on charges of slander, but when he was put on trial, it was discovered that he was schizophrenic. He was hospitalized and discharged from the service.  

Mironov was recalled from Washington and arrested on charges of slander, but when he was put on trial, it was discovered that he was schizophrenic. He was hospitalized and discharged from the service.