Thursday, March 9, 2023

Table of Contents

Filip Kovacevic: A List of Soviet Films About Counterintelligence, 1923-1991

Filip Kovacevic: The Uralov Report - A Literary Reconstruction of a Top Secret KGB File

Filip Kovacevic: KGB Agent ASTA and Two American Tourists in Vilnius in 1984

Table of Contents: FSB Magazine "FSB: For & Against" (No. 5, 2021)

Filip Kovacevic: Red Army Chemical Weapons in Lithuanian Countryside

Filip Kovacevic: How KGB Spied on Foreign Journalists and Diplomats in the 1960s Lithuania

Filip Kovacevic: What KGB Counterintelligence Knew About Yugoslavia

Filip Kovacevic: Bibliography of Books on State Security and Intelligence Services Published in Russian Language (Summer 2021 Update) 

KGB and UFOs: Interview of Former KGB Chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov (2005)

Tales from the Lithuanian KGB Crypt No. 7: Oleg Kalugin and the Encrypted Telegram from New York KGB Rezident to Lithuanian KGB

Interview of Soviet Military Intelligence Illegal Zalman Litvin (1992)

The Titles of the PhD Dissertations Defended at the Dzerzhinsky Higher School of the KGB in 1985

Tales from the Lithuanian KGB Crypt No. 6: The Description of NASA Workshop Documents Covertly Acquired by the KGB in 1985

Tales from the Lithuanian KGB Crypt No. 5: Covertly Acquired NASA Workshop Documents Were Put to Use by the Soviet Military-Industrial Complex in 1985

The Higher School of the KGB Special Department “M”: KGB Activities in the Special Period and the Wartime (1989)   

The Titles of the PhD Dissertations Defended at the Dzerzhinsky Higher School of the KGB in 1984

Tales from the Lithuanian KGB Crypt No. 4: A List of KGB Undercover Measures During the Lithuania Visit of U.S. Journalist Tom Brazaitis in 1989

Tales from the Lithuanian KGB Crypt No. 3: KGB-Moscow Asks KGB-Vilnius to Eavesdrop on Visiting American Students 

Tales from the Lithuanian KGB Crypt No. 2: A KGB Source Reports Rumors About the Production of the Israeli Jet Fighter Lavi

Tales from the Lithuanian KGB Crypt No. 1: A KGB Officer Under Journalistic Cover Tasked to Contact PRETTY WOMAN in Italy

The Titles of the PhD Dissertations Defended at the Dzerzhinsky Higher School of the KGB in 1981

The Titles of the PhD Dissertations Defended at the Dzerzhinsky Higher School of the KGB in 1980

Filip Kovacevic: The Soviet-Chinese Spy Wars in the 1970s - What KGB Counterintelligence Knew (4)

Filip Kovacevic: The Soviet-Chinese Spy Wars in the 1970s - What KGB Counterintelligence Knew (3)

Filip Kovacevic: The Soviet-Chinese Spy Wars in the 1970s - What KGB Counterintelligence Knew (2)

Filip Kovacevic: The Soviet-Chinese Spy Wars in the 1970s - What KGB Counterintelligence Knew (1)

Illona Yegiazarova: Interview of Lyudmila Nuykina, Veteran KGB Illegal Intelligence Officer (Moskovskaya Pravda; October 30, 2020)

Filip Kovacevic: How Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Framed Its Centenary Celebration (NASIH Newsletter Fall 2020)

Eva Merkacheva: Interview of Tamara Netyksa, Veteran KGB Illegal Intelligence Officer (Moskovsky Komsomolets; November 10, 2020)

Eva Merkacheva: Interview of Lyudmila Nuykina, Veteran KGB Illegal Intelligence Officer (Moskovsky Komsomolets; February 21, 2020)

Illona Yegiazarova: The Story of Africa de las Heras, A Spanish-Born KGB Illegal Intelligence Officer (Moskovskaya Pravda; September 18, 2020)

Interview of Vyacheslav Trubnikov, A Former SVR Director (RIA Novosti; April 25, 2019)

Nikolay Dolgopolov: Interview of Boris Gudz, a 100-Year-Old NKVD Officer (Rossiyskaya Gazeta; February 5, 2020)

Illona Yegiazarova: Interview of Yury Drozdov, KGB Illegals Program Director (Moskovskaya Pravda;September 4, 2020)

Nikolay Dolgopolov: Interview of Mikhail Vasenkov aka Juan Lazaro, Veteran KGB/SVR Illegal Intelligence Officer (Rossiyskaya Gazeta; March 29, 2020)

Vladimir Ryzhkov: Interview of Alexander Bondarenko, Soviet Intelligence Historian (Part 2) (Ekho Moskvy;February 6, 2016)

Andrey Okulov: Interview of Nikolay Khokhlov, KGB Defector Who Survived Poisoning Twice (Negosudarstvenayasfera bezopasnosti; January 23, 2006)

Eva Merkacheva: Interview of Anna Rudakova, a 100-Year-Old Veteran SMERSH Secretary (Moskovsky Komsomolets; March 7, 2017)

Vladimir Ryzhkov: Interview of Alexander Bondarenko, Soviet Intelligence Historian (Part 1) (Ekho Moskvy; February 6, 2016)

Illona Yegiazarova: Interview of George Blake, Former MI-6 Officer and KGB Double Agent (Moskovskaya Pravda; July 31, 2020)

Interview of Alexander Bondarenko, Soviet Intelligence History - The Story of Anna Ziberova, Veteran SMERSH Officer (RIA Novosti; March 8, 2019)

Elena Racheva: Interview of Nikita Petrov, Soviet Intelligence Historian (Novaya Gazeta; December 29, 2017)

Interview of Vladimir Antonov, Soviet Intelligence Historian and Veteran KGB Intelligence Officer, on Women in Soviet Intelligence (RIA Novosti; March 5, 2020)

Elena Knyazeva: Interview of Goar Vartanyan, Veteran KGB Illegal Intelligence Officer (Noyev Kovcheg: March 16-31, 2016)

Interview of Lyudmila Nuykina, Veteran KGB Illegal Intelligence Officer (RIA Novosti; March 7,2018)

Zoya Bardina: Interview of Elena Vavilova, Veteran KGB/SVR Illegal Intelligence Officer (Na Blago Mira; May 26, 2020)

Alexander Lyubimov: Interview of Mikhail Lyubimov, Spy Novelist and Veteran KGB Intelligence Officer (Argumenty i Fakty; May 27, 2019)

Book Presentation of Elena Vavilova, Veteran KGB/SVR Illegal Intelligence Officer (TMedia News Report; December 8, 2019)

Nikolay Dolgopolov: The Story of Mikhail and Elizabeth Mukasey, Veteran KGB Illegal Intelligence Officers (Rossiyskaya Gazeta; November 22, 2017)

TV Report Transcript: The Story of Vladimir Lokhov, Veteran KGB Illegal Intelligence Officer (Rossiya 24; March 28, 2020)

Interview of Tamara Netyksa, Veteran KGB Illegal Intelligence Officer (RIA Novosti; March 6, 2020)

Nikolay Dolgopolov: The Story of Zoya Zarubina, Veteran NKVD Intelligence Officer and Translator (Rossiyskaya Gazeta; April 14, 2020)

Eva Merkacheva: Interview of Yury Shevchenko, Veteran KGB/SVR Illegal Intelligence Officer (Moskovsky Komsomolets; June 16, 2020)

Alexander Bondarenko: Interview of Yury Shevchenko, Veteran KGB/SVR Illegal Intelligence Officer (Krasnaya Zvezda; April 6, 2020)

Nikolay Dolgopolov: The Story of Vyacheslav and Tamara Netyksa, Veteran KGB/SVR Illegal Intelligence Officers (Rossiyskaya Gazeta; May 31, 2020)


 

Filip Kovacevic: A List of Soviet Films about Counterintelligence, 1923-1991

More than 190 titles.

Source: Dmitry Viktorov & Oleg Lvov. Не только Штирлиц: Контрразведка в советском кинематографе [Not Only Shtirlits: Counterintelligence in Soviet Cinema]. Veche: Moscow, 2022.

Translated by Filip Kovacevic, PhD

1920s

1. Red Devils (1923)

2. Fight for "Ultimatum" (1923)

3. Gang of Batka Knysh (1924)

4. Four and Five (1924)

5. Cross and Mauser (1925)

6. Traitor (1926)

7. Man from the Forest (1925)

8. Case 128S (1927)

9. Poison (1927)

10. Entering the City Is Prohibited (1928)

1930s

11. Prevented from Walking (1930)

12. Two Encounters (1932)

13. Stamp of the Times (1932)

14. Enemy at the Doorstep (1932)

15. Private Case (1933)

16. Imprisoned (1936)

 17. Outpost at the Chertov Brod (1936)

18. Border under the Lock (1937)

19. Daughter of the Homeland (1937)

20. The Almas Gorge (1937)

21. Gaichi (1938)

22. Sea Post (1938)

23. Train Goes to Moscow (1938)

24. Honor (1938)

25. High Prize (1939)

26. Guest (1939)

27. Courage (1939)

28. Night in September (1939)

29. Mistake of Engineer Kochin (1939)

30. Homeland (1939)

31. Soviet Patriots (1939)

1940s

32. Girl from That Side (1940)

33. At the Far Outpost (1940)

34. Two Friends (1941)

35. Duel (1944)

36. Secret Agent (1947)

1950s

37. Enemy Winds (1953)

38. Outpost in the Mountains (1953)

39. "Bogatyr" Goes to Marto (1954)

40. Never Forget (1954)

41. Dangerous Paths (1954)

42. In the Square 45 (1955)

43. Road (1955)

44. Ghosts Are Leaving the Mountaintops (1955)

45. Traces in Snow (1955)

46. The Case of Corporal Kochetkov (1955)

47. The Secret of Two Oceans (1955)

48. Shadow at the Pier (1955)

49. Case No. 306 (1956)

50. Captain of the Old "Turtle" (1956)

51. Fiery Miles (1957)

52. Special Task (1957)

53. Blue Arrow (1958)

54. Above Tisza (1958)

55. Uninvited Guests (1959)

56. Man Changes His Skin (1959)

1960s

57. Ten Steps to the East (1960)

58. Operation "Cobra" (1960)

59. Captains of Blue Lagoon (1960)

60. A Shot in the Fog (1963)

61. Under the Name of the Revolution (1963)

62. Cheka Officer (1963)

63. Boy from the Ship "Columbus" (1963)

64. State Criminal (1964)

65. Daughter of Stration (1964)

66. Trace in the Ocean (1964)

67. Aqua-Lungs at the Bottom (1965)

68. The Conspiracy of Ambassadors (1965)

69. Game with No Rules (1965)

70. How to Call You Now? (1965)

71. Silence at the Border (1965)

72. Man Without a Passport (1965)

73. Black Business (1965)

74. Two Years Above the Abyss (1966)

75. No-Tie Game (1966)

76. On Thin Ice (1966)

77. Investigation Continues (1966)

78. The Tenth Step (1967)

79. Codeword Not Necessary (1967)

80. Operation "Trust" (1967)

81. Strong in the Spirit (1967)

82. Mysterious Monk (1967)

83. Quiet Odessa (1967)

84. The Diamond Arm (1968)

85. Intervention (1968)

86. Exodus (1967)

87. When Rain & Wind Knock on the Window (1967)

88. Collapse (1968)

89. The Elusive Avengers (1966)

90. New Adventures of the Elusive (1968)

91. One Chance Out of A Thousand (1968)

92. Rezident's Mistake (1968)

93. Passenger from "Equator" (1968)

94. Resolution (Not Subject to Amnesty) (1969)

95. July the 6th (1968)

96. The Adjutant of His Highness (1969)

97. Explosion After Midnight (1969)

98. Ambush (1969)

99. Dangerous Tour (1969)

100. Exposure (1969)

101. The Long Castling (1969)

102. Anxious Nights in Samara (1969)

103. White Weather Vane (1969)

104. The Chekist Story (1969)

105. Spy Passions. Cartoon. 1967

1970s

106. Green Strings (1970)

107. Ataman's Demise (1970)

108. Man's Summer (1970)

109. One of Us (1970)

110. About Friends & Comrades (1970)

111. Rezident's Fate (1970)

112. Your Real Name (1971)

113. Hot Trails (1971)

114. The Crown of the Russian Empire (1971)

115. Man in the Thoroughfare (1971)

116. Man from the Other Side (1971)

117. Matters from Long Ago (1972)

118. The Radioactive Traces (1972)

119. In the North, in the South, in the East, in the West (1972)

120. The Unknown Whom Everybody Knew (1971)

121. Peters (1972)

122. Fifty-Fifty (1972)

123. Dead Drop by the Red Stones (1972)

124. My Fate (1973)

125. Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1973)

126. Winds Blow in Baku (1974)

127. The Border is Here (1974)

128. One's Own Among the Alien, Alien Among the One's Own (1974)

129. Conscience (1974)

130. Diamonds for the Proletarian Dictatorship (1975)

131. Story about a Simple Thing (1975)

132. Far and Near Years (1976)

133. Anxious Month of September (1976)

134. The Third Side of the Medal (1976)

135. The Bay of Delights (1977)

136. "Tachanka" from the South (1977)

137. The Trans-Siberian Express (1977)

138. Agent of Secret Service (1978)

139. The Guarneri Quartet (1978)

140. Man Changes His Skin (1978)

141. Favorable Contract (1979)

142. Forget the Word "Death" (1979)

143. Without Distinguishing Traits (1978)

144. The Emissary of the Foreign Center (1979)

145. The Doublet Shooting (1979)

1980s-1990s

146. Woodland Violets (1980)

147. The Control Territory (1980)

148. The Collapse of Operation "Terror" (1980)

149. Two Lines in Small Print (1981)

150. The Long Path in a Labyrinth (1981)

151. December the 20th (1981)

152. The Ring from Amsterdam (1981)

153. Peace to Your Home (1981)

154. Rezident's Return (1982)

155. Put in a Good Word for the Poor Pirate (1981)

156. Day After Tomorrow at Midnight (1981)

157. Syndicate-2 (1980)

158. Bread. Gold. Revolver (1980)

159. Without Evident Reasons (1981)

160. Battle at the Crossroad (1982)

161. Overcoming (1982)

162. The Longest Straw (1982)

163. Death on the Take-Off (1982)

164. Urgent. Secret. Cheka (1982)

165. Tarantula (1982)

166. Don't Shoot on the Mountain Pass (1983)

167. Code Word: Hotel "Regina" (1983)

168. No Need to Shoot Rashly (1983)

169. The Price of Return (1983)

170. Charlotte's Necklace (1984)

171. TASS Is Authorized to Announce (1984)

172. Waves Are Dying on the Shore (1985)

173. The Double Trap (1985)

174. The Contract of the Century (1985)

175. On the Curve (1985)

176. Only the Two Knew the Code Word (1985)

177. Barman from "The Gold Anchor" (1986)

178. No Time Limitations (1986)

177. Gorgon's Head (1986)

178. The File of the Man in the "Mercedes" (1986)

179. The End of Operation "Rezident" (1986)

180. On the Blade of the Sword (1986)

181. Interception (1986)

182. The Attempted Attack on the GOELRO (1986)

183. The Triple Jump of the Panther (1986)

184. Disclosure Prohibited (1987)

185. The First Encounter, The Last Encounter (1987)

186. Private Visit to a German Clinic (1988)

187. Was There Carotene? (1989)

188. The Manchurian Version (1991)

189. Recruiter (1991)

190. The Sacrifice for the Emperor (1991)

191. The Assassination on Zhdanov Street (1991-1992)

 

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Filip Kovacevic: The Uralov Report - A Literary Reconstruction of a Top Secret KGB File

This article was originally published in the Winter 2022 Newsletter of the North American Society for Intelligence History (NASIH).