Soviet Defectors

Yezhovshchina Era Soviet Defectors, 1937–1940

This database records 8 Soviet intelligence or state security officers in the yezhovshchina era group, who defected between 1937 and 1940. Their service backgrounds were NKVD (7), Razvedupr (2) and GRU (1). Most of these defections took place in United States (5), France (4) and Canada (1).

8 officers, earliest defection first

  • Aleksandr Grigoriyevich Graff Алекдсандр Григрорьевич Графф
    GRU · KomBrig · defected 1937 · France
  • Ignatiy Stanislavovich Poretskiy Игнатий Станиславович Порецкий (Натан Маркович Рейсс)
    Razvedupr, NKVD · KomBrig · defected 1937 · France
  • Samuel Gershovich Ginzberg Самуэль Гершевич Гинзберг
    Razvedupr, NKVD · KomBrig · defected 1937 · France
  • Iosif Vulfovich Volodarsky Иосиф Вульфович Володарский
    NKVD · defected 1938 · Canada
  • Genrikh Samoilovich Lyushkov Генрих Самойлович Люшков
    NKVD · Commissar of State Security 3 Rank · defected 1938 · Japan
  • Leyba Lazerevich Feldbin Лейба Лазерьевич Фельдбин
    NKVD · General · defected 1938 · France
  • Lev Borisovich Helfand Лев Борисович Гельфанд
    NKVD · defected 1940 · Italy
  • Chivin Чивин
    NKVD · defected 1940 · United States