Yakovlev, Vasily Terentyevich

Vasily Terentyevich Yakovlev
Vasily Terentyevich Yakovlev
Date of Birth	March 15, 1899
Place of Birth	Antipovo village , Yukhnovsky district , Smolensk province , Russian Empire
Date of death	September 21, 1950 (51 years old)
Place of death	Moscow , Soviet Union
Affiliation	RSFSR → the USSR
Type of army	Red Army , Cheka - OGPU - NKVD - NKGB - MGB
Years of service	1919 - 1949
Rank
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Vasily Terentyevich Yakovlev ( 1899 - 1950 ) - Head of the First Special Department of the NKVD of the USSR, Major General ( 1945 ).

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Biography

The grave of Yakovlev at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.

Born in a Russian family of a railwayman. In 1910 he graduated from the city railway school, then studied at the telegraph school. In 1917 he entered the Smolensk Polytechnic Institute . In 1919, after completing two courses of the institute, he volunteered for the Red Army, participated in battles on the Western Front .

Since 1921, he was authorized by the Special Department of the Smolensk Provincial Chess Club, legal adviser to the governing department of the OGPU in the city of Penza ), since 1923 he was authorized by the OGPU. Until 1931 work in counterintelligence units; Assistant to the Head of the Anti- Smuggling Department at Moscow Customs ; since 1931 in the Foreign (intelligence) department (INO) of the OGPU; in 1932, assistant to the head of the Foreign Department of the OGPU; since 1935 the first resident of foreign intelligence in Bulgaria ; until 1938, head of the Ninth Division of the GUGB NKVD of the USSR; Head of the Secretariat of the NKVD of the USSR, Head of the First Special Department of the NKVD of the USSR. In 1939-1941, an operational worker under the cover of the USSR trade representative in Latvia , in Finland ; since 1941, head of the Second ( Balkan ) department of foreign intelligence ^[2] ; in 1946-1947 deputy representative of the Ministry of State Security of the USSR in Germany .

In May 1947 he was sent as a resident of foreign intelligence to Austria , where he remained until September 1949. The residency led by VT Yakovlev achieved good results in intelligence work. At the end of his business trip to Austria, V.T. Yakovlev was asked to head the department in foreign intelligence, but due to health reasons he rejected this offer and resigned at the end of 1949. In 1950 V.T. Yakovlev died of heart disease. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery .

Ranks

captain of state security, 12.20.1936;
Major of State Security, 07/18/1941;
Commissioner of State Security, 02/14/1943;
Major General, 07/09/1945.

Rewards

He was awarded the Orders of Lenin, Red Banner, World War 1 degree, Red Star, the badge “Honorary Worker of the Cheka, GPU”, and medals.

Literature

Petrov N.V. Who led the state security organs 1941-1954: Reference book. - M., 2010.
Degtyarev K. , Kolpakidi A. Foreign intelligence of the USSR. - 2009.
Grechenevsky O. The origins of our "democratic" regime. - 2014.

Notes

↑ The village of Antipovo has not been preserved; now the Antipin o natural boundary (55 ° 4′9 ″ N 34 ° 50′59 ″ E) belongs to the Temkinsky district of the Smolensk region (see: EtoMesto ).
↑ 2nd department

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[мр-1] The village of Antipovo has not been preserved; now the Antipin o natural boundary (55 ° 4′9 ″ N 34 ° 50′59 ″ E) belongs to the Temkinsky district of the Smolensk region (see: EtoMesto ).

[2] 2nd department