Vladimir Georgievich Dekanosow
Vladimir Georgievich Dekanosow ( Владимир Георгиевич Деканозов , also: Dekanossow , born Dekanosishvili ; * June 1898 in Baku ; † December 23, 1953 in Moscow ) was a Soviet politician and diplomat. Among other things, he was Deputy Foreign Commissioner, head of counterintelligence in the Soviet secret service and ambassador to Germany at the time of the German attack on the Soviet Union .
In the twenties and thirties, Dekanosov worked in the GPU of Transcaucasia . From 1938 to 1940 he was at the head of Soviet foreign espionage. In 1940 he oversaw the incorporation of Lithuania into the Soviet Union.
In November 1940 he accompanied Foreign Commissioner Molotov on his visit to Germany. After the latter had revealed a threatened deterioration in German-Soviet relations, Dekanosow was appointed the new ambassador to Germany on November 20, 1940. He was accompanied by the high-ranking NKVD employee and compatriot Amayak Kobulov , who acted as counselor . In the morning hours of June 22, 1941, Dekanosow received the German declaration of war , which took place shortly after the German attack operations began. It is unclear whether and to what extent he is partly to blame for the surprise of the Soviet armed forces.
Dekanosow was a close confidante of the long-time NKVD chief Lavrenti Beria and after his fall in 1953 was accused and executed together with him.
Web links
- Wladimir Dekanosow in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Wassili Mitrochin: The Black Book of the KGB. Moscow's fight against the west . Ullstein, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-548-36266-4 , p. 688.
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| SURNAME | Dekanosow, Vladimir Georgievich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Деканозов, Владимир Георгиевич (Russian); Dekanossow; Dekanosishvili |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baku |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1953 |
| Place of death | Moscow |