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Maria Dobrova
Maria Dmitriyevna Dobrova (; 1907-1962) was a Soviet military intelligence officer, Captain of the Soviet Army, and GRU officer who worked illegally in the United States. Early life Maria Dobrova was born in Minsk, Belarus in 1907. She worked as a translator for the Soviet military advisers during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939. Career Dobrova worked as a nurse at the hospital during World War II in Leningrad and worked by referent in the Soviet Embassy in Colombia from 1946 to 1950. In 1951 she was invited to work in the Main Intelligence Directorate of Soviet Army (GRU). After special training, she went by the name of Glen Morrero Podtseski in the United States in May 1954. In New York City, she opened her fitness facilities. In a short time the salon become a very respectable institution. Her beauty salon in New York was visited by wives of American politicians and businessmen. During her stay in the U.S., she recruited several agents. Her GRU handler Dmitri Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by area, extending across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and sharing Geography of the Soviet Union#Borders and neighbors, borders with twelve countries, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, economy were Soviet-type economic planning, highly centralized. As a one-party state go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitri Polyakov
Dmitri Fyodorovich Polyakov (; 6 July 1921 – 15 March 1988) was a Major General in the Soviet GRU during the Cold War. According to former high-level KGB officer Sergey Kondrashev, Polyakov acted as a KGB disinformation agent at the FBI's New York City field office when he was posted at United Nations headquarters in 1962. Kondrashev's post-Cold War friend and former high-level CIA counterintelligence officer Tennent H. Bagley says Polyakov "flipped" and started spying for the CIA when he was reposted to Rangoon, Moscow, and New Delhi. Polyakov was suddenly recalled to Moscow in 1980, arrested, tried, and finally executed in 1988. In the CIA, Polyakov was known by code names "Bourbon" and "Roam", while the FBI referred to him as "Tophat". Early life Dmitri Polyakov was born in Soviet Ukraine in 1921, the son of a bookkeeper. He graduated from Sumy Artillery School in June 1941 and served as an artillery officer during the Second World War, becoming decorated for bravery. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suicides By Jumping In Illinois
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Risk factors for suicide include mental disorders, physical disorders, and substance abuse. Some suicides are impulsive acts driven by stress (such as from financial or academic difficulties), relationship problems (such as breakups or divorces), or harassment and bullying. Those who have previously attempted suicide are at a higher risk for future attempts. Effective suicide prevention efforts include limiting access to methods of suicide such as firearms, drugs, and poisons; treating mental disorders and substance abuse; careful media reporting about suicide; improving economic conditions; and dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). Although crisis hotlines, like 988 in North America and 13 11 14 in Australia, are common resources, their effectiveness has not been well studied. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for approximately 1.5% of total deaths. In a given year, this is r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
