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[[Image:Zar.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Vasily Zarubin]]

[[Image:Zar.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Vasily Zarubin]]

'''Vasily Mikhailovich Zarubin''' (1894–1972).  Zarubin was born in Moscow.  In the United States Zarubin used the cover name '''Vasily Zubilin''' and served as Soviet intelligence Rezident from 1941 to 1944.  Zarubin's wife, [[Elizabeth Zubilin]], served with him.

'''Vasily Mikhailovich Zarubin''' (1894–1972).  Zarubin was born in Moscow.  In the United States Zarubin used the cover name '''Vasily Zubilin''' and served as Soviet intelligence [[Rezident]] from 1941 to 1944.  Zarubin's wife, [[Elizabeth Zubilin]], served with him.

Zarubin served with the [[Russian history, 1892-1920#Russia at war.2C 1914-16|Russian Imperial Army]] on the [[Western Front]] during [[World War I]] from 1914.  For agitation against the war Zarubin served in a penal battalion. Zarubin was wounded in March 1917.  He served in the [[Red Army]] and fought in the [[Russian Civil War]] from  1918-1920.

Zarubin served with the [[Russian history, 1892-1920#Russia at war.2C 1914-16|Russian Imperial Army]] on the [[Western Front]] during [[World War I]] from 1914.  For agitation against the war Zarubin served in a penal battalion. Zarubin was wounded in March 1917.  He served in the [[Red Army]] and fought in the [[Russian Civil War]] from  1918-1920.

He joined the ''[[Cheka]]'' in 1920 and served in its internal security section.  In 1923 he was appointed as the chief of economic division [[OGPU]] in Vladivostok and organized the fight with the smuggling of narcotics and weapons from Europe to China. In 1925 he transferred to foreign intelligence. In 23 years of service, 13 years were on the ''Illegal'' work in different countries.  

He joined the ''[[Cheka]]'' in 1920 and served in its internal security section.  In 1923 he was appointed as the chief of economic division [[OGPU]] in Vladivostok and organized the fight with the smuggling of narcotics and weapons from Europe to China. In 1925 he transferred to foreign intelligence. In 23 years of service, 13 years were on the ''Illegal'' work in different countries.  

Served as a legal officer in China (1925), a legal officer in Finland (1926), ''Illegal'' Rezident in Denmark and Germany (1927–1929) posing as a Czechoclovak citizen, an ''Illegal'' Rezident in France (1929–1933), and an ''Illegal'' Rezident in Germany (1933–1937) after Hitler came to power. In 1937 Zarubin returned to the USSR for work with the KGB's central apparatus and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for his work in creating the underground antifascist groups.

Served as a legal officer in China (1925), a legal officer in Finland (1926), ''Illegal'' [[Rezident]] in Denmark and Germany (1927–1929) posing as a Czechoclovak citizen, an ''Illegal'' Rezident in France (1929–1933), and an ''Illegal'' Rezident in Germany (1933–1937) after Hitler came to power. In 1937 Zarubin returned to the USSR for work with the KGB's central apparatus and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for his work in creating the underground antifascist groups.

From 1939 to 1940 he was one of [[NKVD]]'s officers in Kozelsk camp for Polish POWs. In Kozelsk his task was to investigate the Polish POWs in the camp. After most of the POWs were massacred in the [[Katyn massacre|Katyn Forest]] he was reassigned to other duties.  

From 1939 to 1940 he was one of [[NKVD]]'s officers in Kozelsk camp for Polish POWs. In Kozelsk his task was to investigate the Polish POWs in the camp. After most of the POWs were massacred in the [[Katyn massacre|Katyn Forest]] he was reassigned to other duties.  

==North American Rezident==

==North American Rezident==

Zarubin was appointed ecame the chief of the KGB legal Rezidentura 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.  

=="Mr. Hoover" letter==

=="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]].  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>