Anatoly Gurevich

Anatoly Markovich Gurevich
Anatoly Gurevich in old age.
Born7 November 1913 (1913-11-07)
Kharkov, Russian Empire
Died2 January 2009(2009-01-02) (aged 95)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
NationalitySoviet
EducationLeningrad Institute of Railway Transport, GRU intelligence school
OccupationIntelligence agent
Espionage activity
AllegianceSoviet Main Intelligence Directorate
Service years1939-1945
Codename
  • Vincente Sierra
  • Victor Sukolov
  • Arthus Barcza
  • Simon Urwith
  • Fritz
  • Dupuis
  • Lebrun
  • Manolo

Anatoly Markovich Gurevich (Russian: Анатолий Маркович Гуревич; 7 November 1913 – 2 January 2009) was a Soviet intelligence officer. He was an officer in the GRU operating as "разведчик-нелегал" (razvedchik-nelegal, illegal resident spy) in Soviet intelligence parlance. Gurevich was a central figure in the anti-Nazi Red Orchestra in France and Belgium during World War II.[1]

Gurevich had a number of aliases that he used to disguise his identity, including Vincente Sierra,[2] Victor Sukolov, Arthus Barcza and Simon Urwith. He also used a number of code names for radio communications, including Kent, Fritz, Manolo, Dupuis and Lebrun.[3] Gurevich ran one of the seven groups of networks, located in Belgium that were controlled by Leopold Trepper in France. He was the second leading Soviet agent in Europe during the war years.[4] Upon his return to the Soviet Union in 1945, Gurevich was sentenced for treason and spent 15 years in detention and was rehabilitated in 1990.

  1. ^ "Geschichte Der "älteste Spion Russlands" ist tot" [History The "oldest spy of Russia" is dead]. Mediengruppe Mitteldeutsche Zeitung GmbH. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Правда о "Красной капелле"". Редакция «Российской газеты. Российской газеты. 5 November 2004. Week 3622. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. ^ Kesaris, Paul. L, ed. (1979). The Rote Kapelle: the CIA's history of Soviet intelligence and espionage networks in Western Europe, 1936-1945. Washington DC: University Publications of America. p. 360. ISBN 0-89093-203-4.
  4. ^ Kesaris, Paul. L, ed. (1979). The Rote Kapelle: the CIA's history of Soviet intelligence and espionage networks in Western Europe, 1936-1945. Washington DC: University Publications of America. p. 89. ISBN 0-89093-203-4.