Leonid Fedorovitch Raikhman (1908–1990) (Леонид Федорович Райхман, also Reichman, alias Zaitsev), was a Soviet security officer, who rose to be a Lieutenant General in the

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and MGB. He prepared evidence related to the

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for the Burdenko

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in 1943, and later, for the

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in the

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in 1946.

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1908 births 1990 deaths Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Soviet lieutenant generals People of the KGB Commissars 3rd Class of State Security {{Soviet-bio-stub