Soviet Defections in Japan

3 defections recorded in this database took place in Japan, between 1938 and 1954. Their service backgrounds were NKVD (1), GRU (1) and MVD (1). Those who defected there went on to United States, Japan and United Kingdom.

3 officers, earliest defection first

Genrikh Samoilovich Lyushkov Генрих Самойлович Люшков
NKVD · Commissar of State Security 3 Rank · defected 1938 · Japan
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Skripkin Владимир Александрович Скрипкин
GRU · Lieutenant · defected 1946 · Japan
Yuriy Aleksandrovich Rastvorov Юрий Александрович Растворов
MVD · Lieutenant Colonel · defected 1954 · Japan