Vasily Nikititsch Mitrochin
Vasili Mitrokhin ( Russian Василий Никитич Митрохин , scientific. Transliteration Vasilij Nikitič Mitrokhin * 3. March 1922 in the village Jurassowo, Ryazan Governorate ; † 23. January 2004 in London ), from 1948 until his retirement in 1984 employees of the KGB , last in the rank of colonel . On November 7, 1992 he defected to Great Britain with the help of the British secret service SIS . The documents he delivered, the so-called Mitrochin archive , gave insight into the identity of a few hundred Russian agents ("illegals"), as well as information about operations of the former KGB around the world.
Publications (and sources)
- Christopher Andrew , Wassili Mitrochin: The Black Book of the KGB. Moscow's fight against the west , Propylaea , 848 pages, Berlin 1999
- Christopher Andrew, Wassili Mitrochin: The Black Book of the KGB 2. Moscow's Secret Operations in the Cold War , Propylaeen-Verlag, 878 pages, Berlin 2006
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| SURNAME | Mitrochin, Wassili Nikititsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Митрохин, Василий Никитич |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian colonel of the KGB of the Soviet Union |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jurassovo, Ryazan Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 2004 |
| Place of death | London |