Gevork Andreevich Vartanyan biography

In the year, when Gevork was six years old, the family left for Iran. His father was connected with Soviet foreign intelligence and left the USSR on its assignment. Under the guise of commercial activities, Andrei Vasilievich conducted active reconnaissance intelligence work. It was under the influence of his father that Gevork became a scout. Gevork Vartanyan tied his fate with Soviet intelligence at 16, when in February he established direct contact with the NKVD resident in Tehran.

On behalf of the resident, Gevorka headed a special group to identify fascist agents and German intelligence officers in Tehran and other Iranian cities. In two years alone, his group established near the person, one way or another associated with German intelligence. In the year, Amir, the operational pseudonym Gevorca Vartanyan had to carry out a special reconnaissance task.

The British created a reconnaissance school in Tehran, into which young people were recruited with knowledge of the Russian language for their subsequent abandonment with reconnaissance into the territory of the Soviet republics of Central Asia and Transcaucasia.

On the instructions of the Amir Center, he was introduced into the intelligence school, a full course of training was held in it. The Tehran residency received detailed information about the school itself and its cadets. The "graduates" of the schools abandoned into the territory of the USSR were neutralized or turned over and worked "under the cap" of Soviet counterintelligence.

Then followed the long-term work of the scout-infireal in extreme conditions and a difficult environment in various countries of the world. Always next to Gevorc Andreevich was his wife Goor, who went with him a long way in intelligence, a reconnaissance reconnaissance, cavalier of the Order of the Red Banner and many other awards. The passage of the spouses of Vartanyan lasted more than 30 years.

From the last business trip, the scouts returned in the fall of the year. A few months later, Goer Levonovna retired, and Gevork Andreevich continued to serve up to a year. The merits in the intelligence activities of Gevork Andreevich Vartanyan were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, many orders and medals, as well as the highest departmental awards.

Despite the fact that Colonel Vartanyan was retired, he continued to work actively in the SVR: he met with young employees of various foreign intelligence units, which transferred his rich operational experience. He died on January 10. On the anniversary of the legendary Soviet intelligence officer in the Moscow Picture Gallery A. Links on the topic:.