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Zarubin was awarded the Order of Lenin twice, the Order of the Red Banner twice, and the Red Star, with many other medals.

Zarubin was awarded the Order of Lenin twice, the Order of the Red Banner twice, and the Red Star, with many other medals.

==Markov==

=="Mr. Hoover" letter==

'''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]].  Mironov had followed Zarubin to some of his clandestine meetings with American agents and in his letter to Stalin specified the dates and hours of these meetings, alleging that Zarubin was contacting the FBI. 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>

In August 1943, the anonymous letter drafted on a Russian typewriter was mailed in Washington. 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, [[Hollywood]] film producer [[Boris Moros]] and [[Earl Browder]], [[CPUSA]] General Secretary.  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 and were able to get Moros and [[Andrey Shevchenko]] who worked at Bell Aircraft Niagra Falls  to cooperate as double agents. <ref>US House of Representatives, [[Committee on Un-American Activities]], "Soviet Espionage Activities in Connection With Jet Propulsion and Aircraft," 81st Congress, 1st Session, 1949, pp. 101-128.</ref>  Nevertheless, the FBI did apparently not pass copies of the anonymous letter to other agencies until after [[World War II]], nor did Special Agents try to recruit the Soviet officers identified by its author.  It identifies Soviet "intelligence officers and operations that stretched from Canada to Mexico." 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.  

===References===

===References===

* No author [probably William K. Harvey, CIA], Memorandum for the File, "COMRAP," 6 February 1948, Central Intelligence Agency, Vassili M. Zarubin file. [https://www.cia.gov/csi/books/venona/part1.htm]

* No author [probably William K. Harvey, CIA], Memorandum for the File, "COMRAP," 6 February 1948, Central Intelligence Agency, Vassili M. Zarubin file. [https://www.cia.gov/csi/books/venona/part1.htm]

[[Category:KGB|Zubilin, Vasily]]

[[Category:KGB|Zurubin, Vasily]]