Soviet Defectors Who Defected to Germany

27 Soviet intelligence or state security officers in this database defected to Germany, between 1924 and 1950. Their service backgrounds were NKVD (20), GRU (4) and NKGB (3).

27 officers, earliest defection first

Petr Mikhailovich Karpov Петр Михайлович Карпов
GPU · defected 1924 · Germany
Ivan Georgiyevich Bessonov Иван Георгиевич Бессонов
NKVD · KomBrig · defected 1941 · Germany
Ivan Matveyevich Grachev Иван Матвеевич Грачев
GRU? · Major · defected 1941 · Germany
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Anokhin Александр Владимирович Анохин
NKVD · Sergeant · defected 1941 · Germany
Georgiy Petrovich Ryabtsev Георгий Петрович Рябцев
NKVD, GRU · Major · defected 1941 · Germany
Rafail Illych Bekker Рафаил Ильич Беккер
NKVD · Senior Lieutenant · defected 1941 · Germany
Nikolay Fedorovich Lapin Николай Федорович Лапин
NKVD · Captain · defected 1941 · Germany
Mikhail Alekseyevich Kalugin Михаил Алексеевич Калугин
NKVD · Major · defected 1941 · Germany
Vasiliy Grigoryevich Kiselev Василий Григорьевич Киселев
NKVD · Colonel · defected 1941 · Germany
Kirill Vasilyevich Dovydenko Кирилл Васильевич Довыденко
NKVD · defected 1941 · Germany
Yefim Samoilovich Berkovich Ефим Самойлович Беркович
NKVD · Lieutenant · defected 1941 · Germany
Fedor Grigoryevich Chernenko Федор Григорьевич Черненко
NKVD · defected 1941 · Germany
Nikolay Timofeyevich Yershov Николай Тимофеевич Ершов
NKVD · defected 1941 · Germany
Grigoriy Krivoruchko Григорий Криворучко
NKVD · defected 1941 · Germany
Gavriil Konstantinovich Garlin Гавриил Константинович Гарлин
NKVD · defected 1941 · Germany
Vadim Andreyevich Denisov Вадим Андреевич Денисов
NKVD · Captain · defected 1942 · Finland
Konstantin Fedorovich Povarov Константин Федорович Поваров
NKVD · Senior Lieutenant · defected 1942 · Germany
Lidiya Pavlovna Yesenina Лидия Павловна Есенина
NKGB · Senior Lieutenant · defected 1942 · Germany
Viktor Aleksandrovich Dubkov Виктор Александрович Дубков
NKVD · Lieutenant · defected 1943 · Germany
Vyacheslav Pavlovich Artemyev Вячеслав Павлович Артемьев
NKVD · Major · defected 1943 · Germany
Boris Alekseyevich Morozov Борис Алексеевич Морозов
NKVD · Senior Lieutenant · defected 1943 · Germany
Aleksandr Grigoryevich Kopatskiy Александр Григориевич Копацкий
NKGB · Lieutenant · defected 1943 · Germany
Aleksandr Fedorovich Chikalov Александр Федорович Чикалов
NKVD, GRU · Major · defected 1943 · Germany
Gasan Artemovich Arabadzhev Гасан Артемович Арабаджев
NKGB · Senior Lieutenant · defected 1943 · Germany
Sergey Naumovich Perlin Сергей Наумович Перлин
NKVD · Captain · defected 1946 · Germany
Vladimir Vasilyevich Kulagin Владимир Васильевич Кулагин
MVD · defected 1946 · Germany
Nikolay Ivanovich Marchenkov Николай Иванович Марченков
GRU · Captain · defected 1950 · Germany