Nahum Eitingon
Soviet intelligence officer (1899–1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nahum Isaakovich Eitingon (Russian: Наум Исаакович Эйтингон Naum Isaakovič Ejtingon), also known as Leonid Aleksandrovich Eitingon (Russian: Леонид Александрович Эйтингон)[1] (6 December 1899 – 3 May 1981), was a Soviet intelligence officer, who gained prominence through his involvement in several NKVD operations, including the assassination of Leon Trotsky, the orchestration of partisan movements during World War II, and atomic espionage. He has been described by Yevgeny Kiselyov as one of the organisers and managers of the state terrorism system under Joseph Stalin and later a victim thereof.[1] He may have been a great-cousin of Max Eitingon,[2] though this has been disputed.