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Nahum Eitingon

Soviet intelligence officer (1899–1981)

PersonDied aged 81humanQ1362425

Also known as Nahum Isaakovich Eitingon · Naum Eitingon

Born: December 6, 1899
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1.Stated in Who led the state security agencies: 1941-1954
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Died: May 3, 1981
, May 1981
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1.Stated in Who led the state security agencies: 1941-1954
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Birthplace: Shklov
Place of death: Moscow
Citizenship: Soviet Union
, Russian Empire
Occupation: spy
, military personnel
Education: Special Faculty of the Frunze Military Academy
Languages spoken, written or signed: Belarusian

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Nahum Isaakovich Eitingon, also known as Leonid Aleksandrovich Eitingon, was a Soviet intelligence officer. Eitingon rose through the ranks of the early Soviet Union's intelligence services through his involvement in a number of special operations, most famously the assassination of Leon Trotsky. Later in his career, he organized anti-Nazi Partisan networks and used his extensive network in the United States to engage in atomic espionage.

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