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| − | '''Vasili Mitrokhin''' ( | + | '''Vasili Mitrokhin''' (March 3, 1922–January 23, 2004) is a former KGB officer who defected from [[Russia]]. He was exfiltrated from Russia in 1992 by the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). Mitrokhin was accompanied by his family and 6 cases representing twelve years of daily note taking of KGB files going back as far as 1918. |
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Vasili Mitrokhin was born in central Russia in 1922. He began his career as an intelligence officer in 1948 working for the Committee of Information--the temporarily combined MGB (future KGB) and GRU (Soviet military intelligence).<ref>{{hnb|Andrew & Mitronkhin|1999|Ref=CITEREFAndrewMitrokhin1999|p=1}}</ref> His first five years in intelligence were during the final paranoid years of Stalin's dictatorship, when intelligence agencies were commanded to conduct investigations against usually imaginary Titoist and Zionist conspiracies. <ref>{{hnb|Andrew & Mitronkhin|1999|Ref=CITEREFAndrewMitrokhin1999|p=1-2}}</ref> | Vasili Mitrokhin was born in central Russia in 1922. He began his career as an intelligence officer in 1948 working for the Committee of Information--the temporarily combined MGB (future KGB) and GRU (Soviet military intelligence).<ref>{{hnb|Andrew & Mitronkhin|1999|Ref=CITEREFAndrewMitrokhin1999|p=1}}</ref> His first five years in intelligence were during the final paranoid years of Stalin's dictatorship, when intelligence agencies were commanded to conduct investigations against usually imaginary Titoist and Zionist conspiracies. <ref>{{hnb|Andrew & Mitronkhin|1999|Ref=CITEREFAndrewMitrokhin1999|p=1-2}}</ref> | ||
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| + | Vasili Mitrokhin died of pneumonia on January 23, 2004, at the age of 81.<ref>{{hnb|Trulock|2004}}</ref> | ||
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== Mitrokhin Archive == | == Mitrokhin Archive == | ||
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| ID = ISBN 0-465-00310-9 | | ID = ISBN 0-465-00310-9 | ||
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| + | | Surname = Trulock | ||
| + | | Given = Notra | ||
| + | | Year = 2004 | ||
| + | | Date = 2004-03-03 | ||
| + | | Title = Vasili Mitrokhin Is Dead | ||
| + | | Publisher = Accuracy in Media | ||
| + | | URL = http://www.aim.org/publications/media_monitor/2004/03/03.html | ||
| + | }} Retrieved on 05-18-2007 | ||
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Revision as of 06:21, May 19, 2007
Vasili Mitrokhin (March 3, 1922–January 23, 2004) is a former KGB officer who defected from Russia. He was exfiltrated from Russia in 1992 by the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). Mitrokhin was accompanied by his family and 6 cases representing twelve years of daily note taking of KGB files going back as far as 1918.
Biography
Vasili Mitrokhin was born in central Russia in 1922. He began his career as an intelligence officer in 1948 working for the Committee of Information--the temporarily combined MGB (future KGB) and GRU (Soviet military intelligence).[1] His first five years in intelligence were during the final paranoid years of Stalin's dictatorship, when intelligence agencies were commanded to conduct investigations against usually imaginary Titoist and Zionist conspiracies. [2]
Vasili Mitrokhin died of pneumonia on January 23, 2004, at the age of 81.[3]
Mitrokhin Archive
References
- ↑ Andrew & Mitronkhin 1999, p. 1
- ↑ Andrew & Mitronkhin 1999, p. 1-2
- ↑ Trulock 2004
Sources
- Andrew, Christopher & Vasili Mitrokhin (1999), The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB, Basic Books, ISBN 0-465-00310-9
- Trulock, Notra (2004-03-03), Vasili Mitrokhin Is Dead, Accuracy in Media Retrieved on 05-18-2007