Vadim Alekseevich Kirpichenko ( September 25, 1922 [1] , Kursk - December 3, 2005 [1] ) - Soviet intelligence officer, lieutenant general [2] .
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| Affiliation |  USSR →  Russia | |||||||||
| Type of army | Foreign Intelligence Service | |||||||||
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| Commanded | Soviet specialists in Afghanistan in 1979 | |||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War II storming the palace of Amin | |||||||||
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| Communications | Seven US CIA Directors ( William Colby ) [1] | |||||||||
Honorary Professor of the Academy of Foreign Intelligence .
Biography
“In 1940, I voluntarily joined the Red Army, served in the airborne troops and fought as part of the 103rd Guards Airborne Division ,” Kirpichenko recalled [1] .
He graduated from a special school (special school), where, along with secondary education, they also gave primary flight training .
During the Great Patriotic War
He was sent to the Air Force Engineering Academy . Since January 1945, at the front in the ranks of the 103rd Airborne Division , a participant in the battles at Lake Balaton [2] . Senior sergeant Kirpichenko took part in the liberation of Hungary , Austria , Czechoslovakia [1] .
After the war
Demobilized in 1946. In 1947 , Kirpichenko enrolled in the Arabic language department at the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies , which he graduated in 1952 . During his studies, he was elected secretary of the party organization of the institute. [2] At the end of his studies, he was invited to continue serving in the KGB .
In 1952 he became a student of intelligence school number 101 . At the end of the intelligence school he was sent to the State of the Eastern Department of PSU KGB of the USSR .
He was a resident in Tunisia , Egypt ( 1970 - 1974 ).
Five years (from May 1974 to August 1979 ) led the illegal intelligence (control "C" PSU KGB USSR ). He worked with Helen and Peter Kroger ( Leontina and Morris Cohen ).
He led the assault on Amin's palace in 1979 .
In 1979 - 1991 First Deputy Head of PSU KGB of the USSR .
In 1997 , resigned. After his resignation, he led a group of consultants for the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia .
Rewards
- He was awarded 54 state awards, including the Order of Lenin . [2]
- In 2000 he was awarded the title of “Honorary Citizen of Kursk” .
- Winner of the Prize of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation ( 2000 ) for the book “From the Scout's Archive”.
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree; [one]
- Order of Lenin ; [one]
- Order of the October Revolution ; [one]
- Order of the Red Banner - twice; [one]
- Order of the Patriotic War I degree ; [one]
- Order of the Red Star ; [one]
- Order of the Badge of Honor ; [one]
- medal "For Courage ; [one]
- many medals; [one]
- breastplate "Honorary State Security Officer "; [1]
- badge "For service in intelligence" ; [one]
- laureate of the SVR Russia Prize in the field of literature and art; [one]
- Honorary Citizen of Kursk ; [2] [1]
- eight foreign orders; [one]
Family
- Wife - Valeria Nikolaevna , a famous orientalist-Arabist. A son and two daughters, four grandchildren.
- Son Sergey is the ambassador of Russia to Egypt and the Arab League (formerly in the UAE , Libya , Syria ).
- Granddaughter Ksenia Sergeevna - diplomat, employee of the Russian Embassy in Paris.
- Grandson Vadim Sergeevich - Orientalist-Arabist, graduated from MGIMO .
Memory
- Immortalized on the plaque of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation [2] [1] .
Literature
"Egyptologist from foreign intelligence." K.A. Kapitonov. Algorithm-Book LLC 2008.
Biography
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- RIA Novosti, “85th Birth Anniversary of the Legendary Scout Kirpichenko Is Celebrating”, 05:27, 09/25/2007
- Kirpichenko Vadim Alekseevich
- The fate of the resident
- Vladimir Sergeyevich Antonov, “Life in Intelligence. The art of being friends with the CIA chief and remaining a patriot. ”NVO, 2012-09-21.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Vladimir Sergeyevich Antonov, “Life in Intelligence. The art of being friends with the CIA chief and remaining a patriot. ”NVO, 2012-09-21.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 RIA Novosti, “85 years have passed since the birth of the legendary scout Kirpichenko”, 05:27, 09/25/2007