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Krasavin, Andrei Vasilievich

Andrei Vasilievich Krasavin (1918-1979) —Soviet intelligence officer, major of state security , participant in the Great Patriotic War , USSR State Prize laureate , head of the Electronic Intelligence Division of the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR .

Andrey Vasilievich Krasavin
Krasavin, Andrey Vasilievich.jpg
Date of BirthOctober 5, 1918 ( 1918-10-05 )
Place of Birth Russian empire
Date of deathDecember 9, 1979 ( 1979-12-09 ) ( aged 61)
Place of deathMoscow the USSR
Affiliation the USSR
Type of armyKGB of the USSR
Years of service1939 - 1979
RankMajor general
Battles / warsThe Great Patriotic War
Awards and prizes
The order of LeninOrder of the October RevolutionOrder of the Red BannerOrder of the Red Banner
Order of the Red StarOrder of the Red StarOrder of the Badge of HonorMedal for Military Merit
Anniversary medal "For Valiant Labor (For Military Valor). In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "SU Medal For the Defense of Leningrad ribbon.svgMedal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."SU Medal Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 ribbon.svg
SU Medal Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 ribbon.svgSU Medal Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR ribbon.svgSU Medal 30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy ribbon.svgSU Medal 40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR ribbon.svg
SU Medal 50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR ribbon.svgSU Medal 60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR ribbon.svgSU Medal In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad ribbon.svgMedal "For Impeccable Service" I degree
USSR State PrizeHonorary State Security Officer

Biography

Born on October 5, 1918 . In 1939 he was sent as an operational officer to work in the NKVD of the USSR .

Member of the Great Patriotic War since 1941 , worked as an operative, Art. the operative officer and the head of the department of the Office of the NKGB of the USSR for the Leningrad Region .

After the war, since 1946, in leadership positions in the Foreign Intelligence agencies of the Ministry of State Security of the USSR . Since 1946 he worked as a resident in Austria , since 1955 in France .

Since 1960, in the central office of PSU KGB of the USSR . Since 1971, the head of the 16th Division (Electronic Intelligence) of the Foreign Intelligence of the KGB of the USSR .

He died in the workplace in 1979 . He was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery in Moscow.

Rewards

  • Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1974);
  • Order of the Badge of Honor ;
  • Two orders of the Red Star ;
  • Two Orders of the Red Banner ;
  • Order of the October Revolution ;
  • Order of Lenin ;

Departmental insignia:

  • Honorary State Security Officer ;

Sources

  • Encyclopedia of Russian Secret Services. - M .: AST , 2003 .-- 800 p.
  • Krasavin A.V.
  • 16th department of PSU KGB of the USSR


Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Krasavin,_Andrey_Vasilyevich&oldid=90654881


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