Leonid shebarshin biography of albert
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in , Leonid Shabarshin, who formerly headed the First Chief Directorate (Foreign Intelligence) of the....
Leonid Shebarshin
Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin (24 March 1935 – 30 March 2012) became head of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB in January 1989, when the former FCD chief, Vladimir Kryuchkov, was promoted to KGB chief.
Prior to that, Shebarshin had served as Kryuchkov's deputy from April 1987.
Leonid Shebarshin, and Vadim Kirpichenko among them, have recently written coming biography by James L. Srodes; and a five- volume internal CIA.
He died on 30 March 2012 in Moscow.
Biography
After graduating in 1952 from high school with a silver medal, Shebarshin entered the Indian branch of the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies. In connection with the closing of the institute in 1954 transferred to 3rd course of Faculty of Oriental studies MGIMO.
In 1957, he married another classmate, a student of the Chinese Branch Nina Vassilyevna Pushkina.
Upon graduation he sent in October 1958 to work as a referent of the USSR Embassy in Pakistan. In 1962, he completed the trip to the post of 3rd secretary of the embassy and was taken to work in the department of South-East Asian affairs of the USSR.
Also in 1962, he was invite