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Gevork Vartanian | |
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 Vartanian on a 2020 Russian stamp | |
| Born | Gevork Andreevich Vartanian 17 February 1924[1] |
| Died | 10 January 2012 (aged 87)[1] |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
| Espionage activity | |
| Service years | 1940–1992 |
| Codename | Anri |
| Operations | Operation Long Jump |
Gevork Andreevich Vartanian (Armenian: Գևորգ Վարդանյան, Russian: Гево́рк Андре́евич Вартаня́н; 17 February 1924 – 10 January 2012) was a Soviet intelligence officer.[2][3]
He was primarily responsible, together with his wife Goar Vartanian, for thwarting Operation Long Jump, concocted by Adolf Hitler, headed by Ernst Kaltenbrunner, and led by Otto Skorzeny, which was an alleged attempt to assassinate Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt at the Tehran conference in 1943.[1]
- ^ a b c d Геворк Андреевич Вартанян. svr.gov.ru
- ^ "Gevork Vartanyan". The Telegraph. 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
Gevork Vartanyan, who has died aged 87, worked for Soviet intelligence for more than half a century and played an important part in thwarting a Nazi plot to assassinate Churchill, Stalin and President Roosevelt at the Tehran Conference in 1943.
- ^ "Gevork Vartanian: Spy who helped foil Churchill death plot". The Independent. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.