Yuri Drozdov (general)
Soviet KGB agent (1925–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Drozdov.
Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov (Russian: Юрий Иванович Дроздов; 19 September 1925 – 21 June 2017) was a Soviet security official. In 1979, he led Operation Storm-333, formally triggering the Soviet–Afghan War.[1][2] Later, as a high-level agent of the KGB, he oversaw the execution of the "Illegals Program" in the United States from 1979 until 1991.[1] Drozdov was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, which was conferred to him in 1981.[3]
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Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov | |
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![]() Drozdov in the 1970s | |
Native name | Юрий Иванович Дроздов |
Born | (1925-09-19)19 September 1925 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus) |
Died | 21 June 2017(2017-06-21) (aged 91) Moscow, Russia |
Buried | Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow |
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Service/ | Red Army (1943–1956) KGB (1956–1991) |
Years of service | 1943–1991 |
Rank | Major-General |
Known for | Overseeing the "Illegals Program" during the Cold War |
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Alma mater | Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy |
Spouse(s) |
Lyudmila Yudenich (after 1943) |
Children | 2 |
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