Soviet Defectors of the 1950s
15 Soviet intelligence or state security officers in this database defected during the 1950s. Their service backgrounds were MVD (12), GRU (2) and KGB (1). Most of these defections took place in Germany (6), Australia (2) and Afghanistan (1).
15 officers, earliest defection first
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Nikolay Ivanovich Marchenkov
Николай Иванович Марченков
GRU · Captain · defected 1950 · Germany
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Georgiy Vasilyevich Salimanov
Георгий Васильевич Салиманов
MVD · Colonel · defected 1950 · Germany
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Unidentified MVD officer (Germany, 1951)
Николай Гришин
MVD? · defected 1951 · Germany
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Grigoriy Stepanovich Burlutskiy
Григорий Степанович Бурлуцкий
MVD · Lieutenant Colonel · defected 1953 · Afghanistan
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Karapet Arutyunovich Anakyan
Карапет Арутюнович Анакян
GRU · defected 1953 · Turkey
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Grigoriy Fedorovich Pavlov
Григорий Федорович Павлов
MVD · Lieutenant · defected 1953 · Norway
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Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Brik
Евгений Владимирович Брик
MVD · defected 1953 · Canada
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Yuriy Aleksandrovich Rastvorov
Юрий Александрович Растворов
MVD · Lieutenant Colonel · defected 1954 · Japan
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Petr Sergeyevich Deryabin
Петр Сергеевич Дерябин
MVD · Major · defected 1954 · Austria
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Nikolay Yevgenyevich Khokhlov
Николай Евгеньевич Хохлов
MVD · Captain · defected 1954 · Germany
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Mikhail Ivanovich Grigoryev
Михаил Иванович Григорьев
MVD · Lieutenant · defected 1954 · Germany
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Afanasiy Mikhailovich Shorokhov
Афанасий Миха́йлович Шорохов
MVD · Colonel · defected 1954 · Australia
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Yevdokia Alexeyevna Kartseva
Евдокия Алексеевна Карцева
MVD · Captain · defected 1954 · Australia
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Lars Edvin Lindström
Ларс Едвин Линдстрем
MVD · defected 1954 · Sweden
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Bronius Antanovich Stankaitis
Брониус Антанович Станкайтис
KGB · defected 1954 · Germany