KGB

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Sources

1. BookThe Cold War: A New History
2. BookA Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev

Relations

arrested:

• Oleg Penkovskysince 22 Oct 1962

  Sources: One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War, “One Hell of a Gamble”: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958–1964

killed:

• Hafizullah Aminsince 27 Dec 1979

  Sources: Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979–89

led by:

• Vladimir Kryuchkov1 Oct 1988 – 22 Aug 1991

  Sources: The Cold War: A New History, A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev

Appears in3 items

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  The Cold War1 item
  • Storm-333: the attack on Tajbeg Palace27 Dec 1979
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  The Cuban Missile Crisis2 items
  • Penkovsky arrested22 Oct 1962
  • Scali and “Fomin” at the Occidental26 Oct 1962, 17:00