Soviet boxer scout Igor Miklashevsky. Fist on the Fuhrer. Why boxer Miklashevsky could not kill Hitler. Uncle Vsevolod Blumenthal-Tamarin

Igor Miklashevsky hardly suspected that his life would be firmly connected with special agencies. He was born and raised in a creative environment, at school he became interested in boxing and dreamed of becoming a famous athlete. But fate decreed otherwise: after the start of the war, Pavel Sudoplatov drew attention to him. Miklashevsky was asked to be trained for a special assignment. The former boxer agreed and they began to prepare a saboteur from him, who would have to kill Hitler himself.

Igor Lvovich Miklashevsky

Igor Lvovich Miklashevsky was born on May 30, 1918 in Moscow. His mother, , was a famous dramatic actress. Father, Lev Alexander Loschilin , was a ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher of the Bolshoi Theater. Officially, Igor's parents were not married; by that time, Lev Alexandrovich had a different family and children. Yes, and Augusta Leonidovna was not particularly eager to get married. She was quite satisfied with the open relationship that was fashionable in those days.

Igor's father did not leave his illegitimate son with his attention. He constantly visited his former mistress and even introduced Igor to his sister, Inna Alexandrovna . Who was married to a representative of the famous Blumenthal-Tamarin acting dynasty in those days Vsevolod Alexandrovich . Later, this acquaintance will play a crucial role in the life of Igor Miklashevsky. And at that time, Blumenthal-Tamarin fascinated his wife's nephew with the study of the German language. He himself was half German and German was often spoken in his family.

After the end of the Civil War, the house of Augusta Miklashevskaya turns into a real secular salon. There are always actors, theatrical figures, writers, poets and other representatives of the creative intelligentsia. Employees of the Cheka-GPU also go there. And not only to follow the bohemian party, but also just to touch the world of art. In particular, the widely known fact that one of the leaders of the special agencies of that time Artur Artuzov He was a connoisseur of good literature and was friends with many poets and writers.

I often visited the house of Augusta Miklashevskaya Sergey Yesenin , who dedicated several poems to her from the collection " Bully love". Augusta Leonidovna herself later claimed that they were not lovers with the poet and had never even kissed. Their mutual sympathy was purely platonic. At the same time, she did not deny that she received signs of attention from some high-ranking Chekists. One of them put Igor in a boxing circle.

In those days, such mugs were still a rarity, but they already appeared. In particular, in many boarding schools and orphanages. And as you know, it was the Cheka that at one time was entrusted with the fight against homelessness. Igor got into one of these circles. He became quite seriously interested in boxing, achieved impressive (for a young man) success in it and was accepted into a sports society. "Dynamo"(created under the patronage of the NKVD).

After graduating from school in 1935, Miklashevsky entered the State Central Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Culture(GTSOLIFK). However, Igor was not destined to graduate from the institute. In 1938 he was drafted into the army.

Uncle Vsevolod Blumenthal-Tamarin

There is a strange story associated with this call. Because even in those days, students were given the opportunity to complete their studies and only then they decided whether to enlist in the army or not. Miklashevsky was not allowed to finish his studies. According to some reports, this was due to the fact that the young boxer had an affair with a certain young girl who was the daughter of some party leader. And she even sort of got pregnant, which made dad furious. Here are the curators from the Dynamo sports society and decided to pay off the imminent scandal: they sent the guy to the army, and they sent him to the Leningrad Military District.

There, Miklashevsky immediately entered the boxing team of the district, participated in competitions, and trained. He married there and had a son. A short period in training arose in 1939 year. Igor Miklashevsky, at his urgent request, was sent to the Soviet-Finnish war. He served as a loader in an anti-aircraft battery. After the end of the war with Finland, he returned to training and competition. spring 1941 year became the champion of Leningrad and reached the final of the USSR boxing championship. However, the final duel did not take place: the war began.

In the autumn of 1941, the husband of his paternal aunt, Vsevolod Blumenthal-Tamarin, entered his life again. The 60-year-old actor, when the Germans rushed to Moscow, did not leave for the deep rear. On the contrary, he moved towards the German troops. He settled in a dacha near the city of Istra (60 km from Moscow), where he calmly waited for the arrival of the Nazi troops and offered his services to the Nazis. Blumenthal-Tamarin records radio broadcasts with calls not to resist the German troops, skillfully imitating the voice of Stalin, reads orders and appeals on his behalf, puts on radio plays with a satirical bias towards the leadership of the USSR.

In fact, Blumenthal-Tamarin was never an adherent of communist ideas. In particular, in 1918 in Kharkov, when Denikin's army entered there, he organized a fundraiser for gifts to the liberators from the "red infection". And after the end of the Civil War, he often allowed himself statements that were not entirely loyal to the authorities. The most incredible thing about his fate is that he was not arrested, not sent to camps, but even helped with tours. But the transition to the side of the Germans, apparently, overflowed the cup of patience. spring 1942 Vsevolod Blumenthal-Tamarin was sentenced to death in absentia.

The Germans hurried to smuggle the valuable propagandist away from the front, fearing an "action of retaliation" from Soviet saboteurs. First, Blumenthal-Tamarin went to Warsaw, and from there he moved to Berlin. Where he continued to stage plays and parody Stalin. He is accepted in the high society of the Third Reich, the Russian-German actor is favored Goebbels . Without even suspecting that this particular person should become a kind of “master key” that will help open Germany’s security systems and allow Soviet saboteurs to get close to its top.

Preparation, casting, legalization

The idea to use Blumenthal-Tamarin as a "master key" came up with the head of the third department of the Secret Political Directorate of the NKVD Viktor Ilyin . In the late 30s, it was his department that oversaw work with the creative intelligentsia. So Ilyin often visited the “salon of Augusta Miklashevskaya” and knew about the family ties of her family with the traitor.

late autumn 1941 of the year, a few weeks after the transition of Blumenthal-Tamarin to the side of the Germans, Sergeant Igor Miklashevsky was called to the commander's dugout of an anti-aircraft battery, which was located on the shores of Lake Ladoga and provided cover for caravans evacuated from Leningrad. In the dugout, the Commissar of State Security was waiting for him. The general (by army standards) tormented Miklashevsky for a long time with questions about life, hobbies, relatives, and political attitudes. At the end of the conversation he said: Get ready, you are recalled to Moscow».

A few hours later, Miklashevsky was taken to the capital by a special plane. Where did you get an appointment with the boss Special group of the NKVD(sabotage and partisan movement behind enemy lines) Pavel Sudoplatov . Who bluntly asked: is Miklashevsky ready to carry out a special task behind enemy lines. Igor agreed without hesitation and was soon transferred to Kirov. By the way, it was there that the theater was evacuated, in which his mother worked at that time. So this trip could be considered as a vacation, if not for one "but". It was near Kirov, in the Sloboda Monastery, that one of the most secret intelligence schools of the NKVD operated.

For the special task, the essence of which Miklashevsky found out just before the throw, the boxer was prepared for a whole year. And the task was not just dangerous, but actually deadly. Miklashevsky was supposed to cross the front line, surrender to the Germans, tell about his relationship with Blumenthal-Tamarin and try to move to Berlin. Where should have been with the help of a Russian-German actress Olga Chekhova develop an operation to eliminate the top of the Third Reich.

in winter 1942 Miklashevsky crossed the front line, went to the German positions and, in good German, asked to be taken to the authorities. The message about the surrender of a Russian who spoke German well and claimed to be related to influential people quickly passed through the chain, and soon Miklashevsky ended up in the Gestapo. It quickly became clear there that Blumenthal-Tamarin, who had already managed to establish himself as a very useful propagandist for the Nazis, really had a nephew, Igor Miklashevsky. For further investigation, the Russian is sent to Berlin.

The meeting of relatives took place under the vigilant control of German special agencies. But pretty quickly they realized that the nephew was not a "setup", but really the Soviet boxer Igor Miklashevsky. But then the task stalled. Miklashevsky was closely watched, despite the fact that almost immediately upon his arrival in Berlin he entered into Russian liberation army(ROA, headed by General Vlasov). Apparently, they didn't believe him. So dating Chekhova would be too dangerous for the actress. And then the sport came to the rescue of the boxer.

Cancel operation

To summer 1943 years, it became absolutely clear to many Germans that the blitzkrieg in the East did not work out. To distract the townsfolk from thinking about this topic, the German propaganda machine tried with might and main. Almost every month new theatrical productions were staged in Berlin, dozens of films were made, restaurants and variety shows worked without interruption.

Particular attention was paid to sports events. In particular, world heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling was entrusted with 1943 year to host the European Championship. It was supposed to take place in France.

The championship was attended by Germans, Italians, French, Belgians. However, Goebbels set the condition that representatives of the Slavic nations also take part in the competition. Schmeling managed to find just one who agreed to box: Igor Miklashevsky, the middleweight champion of Leningrad. The Russian boxer confidently reached the final, where he was supposed to meet with the German boxer. They tried to put pressure on Miklashevsky so that he would “lie down”, but he stood up for the Russian Schmeling . Who said that there is no place for ideology in sports. The Gestapo did not dare to argue with the boxer, who in the mid-30s was made the idol of the nation and the embodiment of the Aryan spirit. So Miklashevsky became the champion (conditionally, of course) of Europe in his weight category. And at the same time secured the friendship of Schmeling himself.

In fact, the German boxer was not a Nazi and did not accept their ideas. It is authentically known that in the 30s he hid Jewish children in his house, whom he later helped to leave Germany. So Schmeling absolutely did not care that Miklashevsky was not of Aryan blood. And the German helped the Russian saboteur enter the high society of the Third Reich. At one of the parties, Miklashevsky and Chekhova met. Igor introduced himself, mentioning the name of his mother, with whom Chekhova was well acquainted. And when they moved away from other guests and no one could overhear them, he gave the password. Thus began preparations for the operation, which did not take place.

autumn 1943 Miklashevsky sent a message to Moscow that the operation to eliminate Hitler had every chance of success. Sudoplatov began to send pre-trained agents to Germany, who were supposed to help Miklashevsky complete a special task. They had to penetrate into Berlin through neighboring countries, and then wait for the hour "X". The rough plan was as follows: to lay a compact explosive device in the VIP box in the theater, and Chekhova was to ensure the Fuhrer's attendance at the performance. This plan could indeed be crowned with success: Hitler greatly favored Chekhova and would hardly have refused a personal invitation. But Joseph Stalin ordered to stop preparations for the operation and not to touch either Hitler or anyone else from his entourage.

As we already wrote, by the end of 1943 it became absolutely clear that the back of the German army was broken. This was clear to many German generals, who entered into separate negotiations with the Americans and the British. So Stalin feared that, if Hitler was eliminated, the Allies might withdraw from the war or even support the Germans in the fight against the communist regime.

Preparations for the operation were curtailed, and Miklashevsky received another task. He had to learn as much as possible about the activities and top of the Vlasov army. At the end 1944 year, during an American air raid, a Soviet saboteur was seriously wounded, treated in a German hospital, and after the end of treatment, at the beginning of 1945, he managed to get into Belgium and then to France. Where he surrendered to American intelligence. He introduced himself as a Soviet intelligence officer and was soon handed over to Russian special agencies.

Before 1946 years Miklashevsky continued to work in the NKVD. Many "Vlasovites" tried to get lost among other prisoners of war, and Miklashevsky helped to identify them. After all, if ordinary prisoners were sometimes released on all four sides (especially if there was evidence that they were captured in an unconscious state), then the members of the ROA were definitely waiting for a harsh sentence: at least 10 years, and officers - 25 or execution.

Despite the offer to remain in special agencies, in 1947 Miklashevsky quit his job (when he was dismissed he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner) and again went in for sports. Because of the injury, he could no longer enter the ring, but he became a famous coach who raised a dozen champions of the USSR and Europe. Igor Lvovich passed away September 25, 1990 years in Leningrad.

The son of theater-goers, champion boxer, master of sports, coach, NKVD officer with a special assignment - to kill Adolf Hitler. All this is about Igor Lvovich Miklashevsky, in our material about what was the fate of the man who became the spearhead of Soviet intelligence.

On the eve of the Great Patriotic War, the NKVD set itself the task of identifying and recruiting the most promising employees who speak German and are able to conduct special operations behind enemy lines. Many professional operatives were already working in Berlin by that time, but the need to have such a specialist in the highest aristocratic Nazi circles came to the fore. And they found him.

Many facts spoke in favor of Miklashevsky's candidacy: a professional athlete - and therefore a person with an already excellent cover that justifies frequent moves; a good level of German language proficiency; patriot and citizen.
Toward the end of 1941, the Commissar of State Security, the head of the 3rd department of the Secret Political Directorate of the NKVD, Viktor Nikolayevich Ilyin (later Lieutenant General of the KGB) and Pavel Anatolyevich Sudoplatov, the head of the 2nd department of the NKVD - an extremely significant surname in the history of Soviet intelligence (who later became a writer, thanks to whom we were able to learn in detail the history of the assassination attempt we are describing).
As expected, Igor Lvovich gave his consent to carry out a secret mission behind enemy lines, while not having the slightest idea about the plan, purpose and essence of the operation.

At that time, intelligence schools and training bases were created in different parts of the USSR. On one of them, presumably on the territory of the Sloboda Monastery of the Nativity of Christ near the city of Kirov, Miklashevsky was trained in 1942. The school was also known for the fact that the future illegal intelligence officer, the great Nikolai Kuznetsov, was allegedly trained on its territory.

And already in December 1942, in accordance with a pre-thought-out "legend", Igor Lvovich's escape across the front line and surrender was staged. As expected at the Lubyanka, the Germans carefully checked Miklashevsky's dossier and unearthed his family connection with Vsevolod Blumenthal-Tamarin, who, during the German occupation of Istra, voluntarily went over to their side and became the editor of the Russian version of the German Radio.

Imitating the voice of Stalin, Blumenthal-Tamarin voiced falsified decrees of the Soviet government, called for surrender and conducted propaganda against the Red Army. After the Germans retreated from Moscow, Blumenthal-Tamarin and his wife went west with them. Soon his broadcasts from Kyiv became regular in the occupied territories.
The Germans, having appreciated the talents of the actor Blumenthal-Tamarin, appointed him the chief director of the Kiev Russian Drama Theater, which resumed work shortly after the occupation of the city.
He opened the theatrical season with a satirical play defamatory of the Red Army called "So they fight ...", where he personally played the main role. In 1942, the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR sentenced him to death in absentia.

Of course, the fact of kinship strengthened the position of the mishandled intelligence officer and assured the Germans of the sincerity of their motives and escape.

Using the cover of his traitor uncle, Miklashevsky had to settle in Berlin and prepare a group for infiltration into the Fuhrer's entourage in order to deliver a mortal blow at the right moment.

Among the well-known personalities involved in this operation was the Polish prince Janusz Radziwill, as well as the famous German actress, the Fuhrer's favorite and part-time liaison of Lavrenty Beria - Olga Chekhova. It was they who were supposed to lead Miklashevsky into the aristocratic circles of Berlin and introduce him to the high society.

Igor Lvovich began his journey to Germany in 1943, having previously spent several months in prisoner-of-war camps and joined General Vlasov's "Russian Liberation Army" (ROA) in order to strengthen the "legend" and self-confidence. Soon he was sent to Berlin, where he settled in an apartment that belonged to the Blumenthal-Tamarins. The preparation phase has begun.

Settling in Berlin, Miklashevsky attended boxing matches and theatrical performances, at one of which he was introduced to Olga Chekhova. It was through her that Moscow received the news of the safe arrival of Igor Lvovich in Berlin.

Trying to become noticeable without the help of fellow aristocrats, Miklashevsky took part in demonstration amateur fights, where he met famous German athletes, including Max Schmelling, the 1936 heavyweight boxing champion of Germany, who was in the highest Nazi circles.
Gradually becoming close to Olga Chekhova and her entourage, Miklashevsky became a frequent visitor to the theater, and repeatedly had the opportunity to personally contact Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering. From the reports of Miklashevsky it followed that he had frequent access to the highest ranks of the Reich at numerous receptions and performances, and was ready to liquidate at any moment not only Hitler, but also his closest subordinates. Igor Lvovich was waiting for only one order, everything was ready.
But with the success of the Red Army in the battles on the western front, the leadership of the NKVD and Stalin began to doubt the advisability of killing Hitler.

Soviet intelligence officers began to pinpoint the contacts of the Nazis with representatives of the intelligence services of the United States and Great Britain. It was largely about the post-war structure and the security of significant people of the Reich, prominent scientists and figures. This was manifested especially frankly towards the end of the war after the opening of the "Second Front" in the framework of the so-called Operation "Sunrise" and the activities of the "ODESSA" organization.

Hitler at that time was an unpredictable and expressive figure for the Western intelligence services, and his elimination could significantly speed up the process of concluding a separate (unilateral and without the participation of the USSR) peace between Germany and the allies, in exchange for, say, the return of Britain to its possessions before the 39th year, which would allow the new leader of the Reich, who replaced Hitler, to concentrate all his efforts on the Eastern Front and leave the USSR alone in this war.

After the victory at the Kursk Bulge on August 23, 1943, the Soviet troops launched a decisive offensive, and this became a turning point in the war. Then there was no more doubt. The order to eliminate Hitler was canceled at the highest level, personally by Joseph Stalin.

Later, in order to maintain cover, he visited the Vlasov center on Victorianstrasse, where volunteers gathered to replenish the ROA, and in the summer of 1944 he took part in battles against the Allied landing force that landed in Normandy on June 6.

The letters of his uncle Blumenthal-Tamarin to the artist Mikhail Ivanovich Cherkasheninov shed some light on the fate of Igor Lvovich at the end of the Normandy operation: - “Fate continues to tempt me: seriously, almost mortally wounded is our last hope, our adopted son,(my wife's nephew, son of her brother Lev Lashchilin) Igor. On his own initiative, he joined the volunteer army, took part in the battles for Carentin in Normandy and was seriously, almost mortally wounded, but it seems that he will survive..

After this injury, Miklashevsky was taken to Germany, where he was treated in a hospital.

Having met with his uncle, the retired “Vlasovite” Miklashevsky moves with him to a small town in the south of Germany - Musingen. This city became the last residence of Blumenthal-Tamarin. The radio announcer and traitor, sentenced to death by the NKVD, was killed by his nephew Miklashevsky, who dreamed about it even before starting his business trip to Berlin.

Little is known about the date of the murder. From the memoirs of Pavel Anatolyevich Sudoplatov, it follows that Blumenthal-Tamarin was killed back in 1944, and Miklashevsky then fled to France, where he remained for another two years after signing the surrender. Having connections in the ROA, he, using the introduction into the organization, for two whole years tracked down defectors to the West from the army of General Vlasov.

Thus ended the military part of the story of a man who was one step away from the title - "Hitler's killer."

Upon returning to the USSR in 1947, he returned to sports as a coach, managed to prepare many future champions of the USSR.
Igor Lvovich Miklashevsky died on September 25, 1990.

Vsevolod Alexandrovich Blumenthal-Tamarin was rehabilitated "due to formal circumstances" in 1993.

A story about Miklashevsky, a Soviet patriot, a scout, a magnificent champion boxer.
Miklashevsky was one of the first MIPT boxing coaches (yes, in the very hall with the ring, not yet equipped in those years)

According to the materials of the newspaper Red Star

Forty years ago, in May 1963, when the European Boxing Championship was being held in Moscow, I was approached by a coach from Dolgoprudny, whom I saw for the first time and whom I had never met before. In those days, as the chairman of the USSR Boxing Federation, many specialists of a courageous sport, especially visitors, turned to me with suggestions, questions, requests. But this man turned to me as a writer:
- You are the author of the novel "The Ring Behind Barbed Wire", and I want to meet you. I also have a difficult fate, I sent you letters.
Indeed, I received his letters and did not believe what was written: “I, a sergeant, were taken out of besieged Leningrad by a special flight and prepared for work in the deep rear ...” For a sergeant to besieged Leningrad across the front line in the winter of 1942? .. And Are there no worthy sergeants in Moscow? And here he is standing in front of me. Smart, insightful eyes. Lean, fit, intelligent, which is hard not to believe. This is how I met the legendary Soviet spy Igor Lvovich Miklashevsky.
Only relatively recently, Rossiyskaya Gazeta declassified a covert operation about how the assassination attempt on Hitler was being prepared. In the sensational material "Leaders of the peoples - at gunpoint", in which secret documents were revealed, it is written:
“The group of General Sudoplatov pinned their hopes on Igor Miklashevsky. The young intelligence officer in December 1941 (actually in December 1942) "surrendered" to the Germans and "worked" for them. His task was to liquidate in Berlin the famous actor, People's Artist of the USSR Vsevolod Blumenthal-Tamarin, who called on Soviet soldiers to desert from the army on German radio.
He received a new task: with the help of Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova (1897-1980), to “reach” Hitler and destroy him. In 1921, the actress Chekhova left Russia for Germany, where she starred in films and made a brilliant career. Hermann Goering especially appreciated her. According to Sudoplatov, Chekhova was "a reliable collaborator and an important source of information" for the Soviet secret service, she was personally "led" by Beria himself.
But even in this publication, much remained “behind the scenes”. And there is no answer to the main question: who is Miklashevsky? Why did you choose him for this difficult task?
These questions, but in a different form, confronted General Sudoplatov: who can enter into "confidence" and, without arousing suspicion among the Germans, carry out an operation of extreme importance?
After a thorough study of the Fuhrer's entourage, the study of various options for reaching the "most" in the selection of candidates for this crucial operation, they chose Miklashevsky. He was not a career intelligence officer. But in all respects he was suitable for this role: a master of sports in boxing, speaks German, executive, disciplined.
Miklashevsky at that time served in the air defense forces near Leningrad, was the champion of Leningrad and the Leningrad Military District, was preparing for the USSR championship, but the war confused all the cards and hopes. Hitler's troops squeezed the throat of Leningrad with a death grip. Blockade. Hunger and cold. The only hope is the Road of Life on the ice of frozen Ladoga. Miklashevsky's anti-aircraft battery repulsed the furious attacks of dive bombers, and with each shot of anti-aircraft guns, the ice shook underfoot, threatening to break every minute ... In that terrible winter, General Ilyin flew on a special flight to besieged St. Petersburg, taking with him a little food. As Viktor Nikolayevich himself later told me, for the first time in his life he saw a mass of emaciated people, saw a terrible picture of hunger and incredible courage, how Igor Miklashevsky, urgently called from the front to the air defense headquarters, put everything and put sugar in his glass with a teaspoon and nothing couldn't stop.
And Sergeant Miklashevsky, in turn, was puzzled and surprised that the commander of the air defense forces of the Leningrad Military District himself expressed his respect for a man in military uniform without insignia.
Three days later, Igor Miklashevsky was taken to Moscow by special flight. They flew at night, came under fire from German anti-aircraft guns, and for the first time the sergeant himself felt himself in the role of an air target. But everything went well, except for a few holes in the fuselage.
Thorough and scrupulous preparation began in Moscow, the development of the legend, long exhausting training. But not a word about a specific task, he only knew that he would have to be behind enemy lines for a long time, prove himself and gain confidence, and most importantly, perform in the ring at any competition so that his name would appear in the press, even in the most provincial, then our people will find him and he will receive appropriate instructions in his future activities. So, they say, it's better for Miklashevsky himself. He will have to go through numerous checks and endure difficult tests - Hitler's counterintelligence was one of the strongest at that time.
... In the north of France, in the port city of Boulogne-sur-Mer, located on the coast of the English Channel, a soldier of the Ost-Legion, Igor Miklashevsky, entered the ring at the first opportunity, made himself known and became known among professional boxers. Brief information appeared in the newspapers about his duel with the champion of France. An order came from Berlin: to second him to the capital.
When a conversation was held with him in a special department of the Imperial Security Main Directorate, he realized that he was guarded by people who occupy a high position in the capital of the Reich and enjoy great rights. He went out on his own. Completed a number of tasks, showed himself from the best side.
In the summer of 1943, after the defeat at Stalingrad, the official European Boxing Championship was held in Germany to raise the spirits. By the way, the International Federation of Amateur Boxers - FIBA ​​- was disbanded in 1946 for ties with the Nazis and a new one was created: AIBA - the International Amateur Boxing Association, which still operates today. Miklashevsky performed brilliantly at that championship. The famous boxer Max Schmeling, the world heavyweight champion, the pride of the nation and the favorite of the Fuhrer himself, was present at the competitions as a guest of honor. He really liked the Russian boxer, and he brought him closer to him, began to patronize him personally. Before Miklashevsky wide opportunities opened up for the implementation of an operation of extreme importance.
But during the war came a turning point. Stalin summoned Generals Sudoplatov and Merkulov to the dacha in Kuntsevo and, to the surprise of both, unexpectedly canceled the operation. Saying only: "This should not be done," he revealed his thoughts. As long as Hitler is alive, negotiations between Berlin and Western capitals on a separate peace are ruled out. And if Goering or the military elite of Germany, after the death of the Fuhrer, take power into their own hands, then a separate agreement between the Germans and the Western allies can be reached behind the back of the Soviet Union. The living Hitler thus became a kind of reliable guarantor of the preservation of the anti-Hitler coalition.
Miklashevsky was given other, also very important tasks, which he successfully completed. Brief messages to the Center affected significant changes in front-line situations.
At the end of 1944, when British and American aircraft mercilessly bombed German cities, on the way to Stuttgart, the reconnaissance officer managed, as previously envisaged by the plan, to complete the initial task - to eliminate the traitor Blumenthal-Tamarin during the bombing. And then the Nazi counterintelligence attacked the trail of the Soviet intelligence officer. The chase began. In Belgium, near Brussels, he was overtaken by a train. Igor jumped off on the move, rushed to run towards the forest, but the Nazis got him with automatic bursts.
Three days later, the Belgian peasants were ordered to bury the "criminal". One of them put a knife to Miklashevsky's nose, and the blade fogged up: alive! The grave was quickly thrown over, and the wounded man was transported to the forest to the Belgian partisans. They dressed him in the uniform of a German captain, liquidated the day before, and threw him to the Germans.
Miklashevsky woke up in Paris, in the largest military hospital, where the luminaries of German medicine performed a series of complex operations and saved the life of the “German captain”. And when Igor recovered and was able to walk on his own, the head doctor announced the “good” news:

Miklashevsky went cold - tomorrow he will find himself in the hands of the Gestapo. The wife will say that this is not her husband ... He sincerely thanked for the "care" shown, and one thought flashed in my head: we must urgently run!
At dawn, he managed to leave the guarded hospital in a garbage truck. Miklashevsky joined the French patriots, participated in military operations.
After the end of the war, employees of the USSR embassy helped to leave for their homeland. He arrived in Moscow in the evening, it was already too late to go to the Lubyanka, and Miklashevsky, in joy, with a bottle of champagne and flowers, went to General Ilyin. The door was opened by the general's tearful mother: Beria dealt with Ilyin and Sudoplatov - both while away their time in a remote camp in northern Siberia, and she does not know if they are alive.
Fate this time also saved Igor Miklashevsky. He, as he himself said, lay down “to the bottom” and worked as a modest boxing coach for almost twenty years. The boys from vocational schools in Dolgoprudny did not know which coach was educating them!
During the years of the Khrushchev thaw, both generals were completely rehabilitated, restored in all rights. I met with them many times, they pushed me to write the novel Stand to the Last. They helped a lot and actively participated in the fate of the scout. And Igor Miklashevsky was awarded the Order of the Red Banner

Scout Champion

Forty years ago, in May 1963, when the European Boxing Championship was being held in Moscow, I was approached by a previously unknown coach from Dolgoprudny:
- You are the author of the novel "The Ring Behind the Barbed Wire", I want to meet you, I also have a difficult fate.

This is how I met the legendary Soviet spy Igor Leonidovich Miklashevsky. He became the prototype of the protagonist of my novel "Stay to the last". The novel also had a difficult history: the manuscript first lay for several years at the Lubyanka, and when it finally came out - albeit with cuts - it was awarded the prestigious literary prize of the KGB of the USSR. Only relatively recently - on February 14, 1997 - "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" in the sensational material "Leaders of the peoples - at gunpoint" declassified the secret operation, how the assassination attempt on Hitler was being prepared.

General Sudoplatov's group pinned their main hopes on Igor Miklashevsky. The young intelligence officer in December 1942 "surrendered" to the Germans and "worked" for them. His task was to use Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova to “reach out” to Hitler and destroy him. In 1921, the actress Chekhova left Russia for Germany, where she starred in films and made a brilliant career. Hermann Goering especially appreciated her. According to Sudoplatov, Chekhova was "a reliable employee and an important source of information for the Soviet secret service, she was personally" led "by Beria himself ...".

After a thorough study of the Fuhrer's entourage, the study of various options for reaching him when selecting a candidate for the role of the executor of this important task, they chose Miklashevsky. He was not a career intelligence officer. But in all respects he was suitable for this role: the master of sports in boxing, one of the strongest masters of the leather glove of the capital, spoke German, executive, disciplined. The son of the famous Moscow artist Augusta Miklashevskaya, the one to whom Sergei Yesenin dedicated many poems, he was familiar with artistic bohemia from childhood ...

Winter 1942. Leningrad under blockade. The anti-aircraft battery of Sergeant Miklashevsky repels the furious onslaughts of dive bombers day and night.

And now General Ilyin arrives from Moscow on a special flight across the front line to the besieged Leningrad - for Sergeant Miklashevsky.

Three days later, Igor Miklashevsky was taken to Moscow. Careful and scrupulous preparation began, the development of the legend, long exhausting training. But there is no word on a specific task yet. He only knew that he would have to be behind enemy lines for a long time, win his trust, and most importantly, perform in the ring. For any competition. Get his name out in the press. Then our people will find him, and he will receive an indication of his future activities. The time has come, and in the north of France, in the port city of Boulogne-sur-Mer, a soldier of the East Legion, Igor Miklashevsky, entered the ring at the first opportunity, made a good statement about himself and became known among professional boxers. Information appeared in the newspapers about his duel with the champion of France. An order came from Berlin: to second him to the capital. He was interviewed in a special department of the Imperial Security Main Directorate, and he realized that he was taken under guardianship by people who occupy a high position in the capital of the Reich and enjoy great rights.

He went out on his own. Completed a number of tasks, showing his best side.

In 1943, in the summer, after the defeat at Stalingrad, the official European Boxing Championship was held in Germany to raise the spirits. Miklashevsky performed brilliantly at it. The famous boxer Max Schmeling, the world heavyweight champion, the pride of the nation and the favorite of the Fuhrer, was present at the competition. He really liked the Russian boxer, he brought him closer to him, began to patronize. Before Miklashevsky wide opportunities opened up for the implementation of an operation of extreme importance.

But during the war came a turning point. Stalin summoned Generals Sudoplatov and Merkulov to the dacha in Kuntsevo and, to the surprise of both, unexpectedly canceled the operation. Saying, "You don't have to do that," he revealed his thoughts. As long as Hitler is alive, negotiations between Berlin and Western capitals on a separate peace are ruled out. Living Hitler in the new conditions became for us a kind of guarantor of the preservation of the anti-Hitler coalition.

After that, Miklashevsky was given other very important tasks, which he successfully completed.

At the end of 1944, the intelligence officer managed to eliminate the traitor Blumenthal-Tamarin. But Hitler's counterintelligence attacked his trail. The chase began. In Belgium, near Brussels, he was overtaken by a train. Igor jumped off on the move, rushed to run towards the forest, but he was taken out by automatic bursts.

Three days later, the Belgian peasants were ordered to bury the dead. However, one of them put a knife blade to Miklashevsky's nose, and it fogged up: alive! The wounded man was transported to the forest, to the Belgian partisans. They dressed him in the uniform of a German captain, liquidated the day before, and threw the body to the Germans.

Miklashevsky woke up in Paris, in the largest military hospital, where the luminaries of German medicine performed a series of complex operations and saved the life of a Soviet intelligence officer. When he recovered and was able to walk independently, the head physician told him the "good" news:

I tracked down and summoned your wife from Germany. She's coming to Paris tomorrow!

He managed to leave the guarded hospital in a garbage truck. He joined the French patriots, participated with them in military operations.

After the end of the war, employees of the USSR Embassy in Paris helped Miklashevsky to leave for his homeland.

He arrived in Moscow in the evening, it was already too late to go to the Lubyanka, and Miklashevsky, in joy, with a bottle of champagne and flowers, went to General Ilyin. The door was opened by the general's tearful mother: Beria dealt with Ilyin and Sudoplatov: both are spending time in Siberia, and she doesn't even know if they are alive.

Fate this time also saved Igor Miklashevsky. He "lay low" and worked as a modest boxing coach for almost two decades.

During the years of the Khrushchev "thaw" both generals were completely rehabilitated, restored in all rights. Igor Miklashevsky was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of War.

Unfortunately, the hero of my story did not live to this day.

Georgy SVIRIDOV,
writer, veteran
Patriotic War

materials of the newspaper Sovershenno Sekretno

Remove the dictator
January 27 marks the 60th anniversary of the complete lifting of the blockade of Leningrad. Among the defenders of the city was a man of amazing fate Igor Miklashevsky.
Some pages of his biography are well known: the son of a popular actress, a boxing champion, a career intelligence officer. As a child, Sergei Yesenin played with him, his boxing skills were distinguished by world champion Max Schmeling.
On Stalin's orders, he was preparing an assassination attempt on Hitler in Berlin. Miklashevsky even became the prototype for Georgy Sviridov's book "Stand to the End".
However, this is just the tip of a colossal iceberg. Most of the biography of our hero is hidden "under water", and many archival folders that keep the secrets of the life of an illegal immigrant are still labeled "Top Secret".
For a long time, the name of the resident was forbidden to be spoken aloud, and the details of the operation "Killing the Fuhrer" were declassified only during perestroika.
The name of Miklashevsky is practically forgotten today, and yet he did no less for the country than the legendary intelligence officers Richard Sorge or Nikolai Kuznetsov.

Sergey Yesenin played with him
For the first time, the surname "Miklashevsky" happened to me
hear in the early 90s from the lips of the famous Leningrad boxer, five-time USSR featherweight champion Ivan Knyazev. Ivan Alexandrovich was preparing to celebrate his 80th birthday and therefore often spoke to the public. Despite his advanced age, the titled athlete retained a clear mind and excellent memory. Especially Knyazev liked to talk about the championship of Leningrad, held in April 1941. At this championship, the boxer himself won a gold medal. But in the middleweight final there was a surprise. Due to a hand injury, the idol of the public Oleg Zagoruychenko did not enter the ring, and Igor Miklashevsky was declared the champion. "The green boy is lucky," Knyazev joked.
The "green kid" was born in Moscow on May 30, 1918 in a family of famous Soviet cultural figures: the actress of the Chamber Theater Augusta Miklashevskaya and the choreographer of the Bolshoi Theater Lev Lashchilin. It is easy to imagine the atmosphere in which our hero's childhood passed. The house was often visited by actors, artists, writers. Sergei Yesenin himself loved to play with the boy.
However, it is no secret to anyone that the great Russian poet was passionately in love with Augusta Leonidovna. Later, Igor will study at the elite school No. 86 on Krasnaya Presnya together with the poet's son Konstantin, who later became a well-known sports journalist and football statistician. Also in this prestigious educational institution, the future chess champion Bubnov received his fives.
Who knows, maybe it was the school comrades who introduced the "ballet" Igor to the world of big sport. How else to explain why the son of the theater workers chose "a fight in the ring" as his path in life?
In Leningrad, where Miklashevsky moved in the late 30s, he continued boxing, twice became the champion of the Leningrad Military District. And the first serious test for the middleweight was the 1941 city championship. The one that Ivan Knyazev loved to remember so much. As a result, the boxer received a pass to the championship of the Soviet Union. But the Great Patriotic War began:
The already mentioned Ivan Knyazev, Grigory Kusikyants (coach of the Olympic champion Valery Popenchenko), Vasily Serov (three-time USSR champion), Evgeny Sheronin (USSR champion who died in 1941) then went to defend Leningrad. Red Army soldier Igor Miklashevsky was sent to serve in the air defense forces. During the siege of Leningrad, Miklashevsky's anti-aircraft battery repelled Nazi air raids, covering the Road of Life.
And then an unexpected turn took place in the fate of the 23-year-old sergeant. In December 1941, the commander of the air defense forces, General Viktor Ilyin, flew to the front line himself, who urgently called Miklashevsky to headquarters. There, Igor Lvovich was already met by a major of the NKVD, who asked the boxer for a long time about relatives and friends. Finally, the security officer offered the athlete to perform a particularly important task behind enemy lines.

Stirlitz in boxing gloves
Why was a special plane with high military ranks on board sent from Moscow to Leningrad for the sake of a simple sergeant? Really, besides Miklashevsky, there was no athletic young man who spoke German?
She is one of the possible versions. Before the war, Lev Lashchilin's sister, Inna, married the famous artist Vsevolod Blumenthal-Tamarin, who was an extraordinary and odious personality. The Kharkov tragedian, who loves to live in a big way, did not like the Soviet regime, and therefore, in the first days of the war, he happily went over to the side of the Germans. They found a suitable job for Vsevolod Aleksandrovich - to conduct propaganda radio reports from Warsaw in Russian. A talented announcer in a well-trained voice broadcast: "The bandit Stalin fled to the Urals, taking with him the remains of the old rogue Lenin from the Mausoleum."
Needless to say, listening to this "news" in the Kremlin, Iosif Vissarionovich was beside himself with anger. On the radio intercept, he wrote in red pencil: "Comrade Beria! Take measures to jam and further liquidate the radio center." Well, who can better "remove" Blumenthal-Tamarin than his own nephew?
For quite a long time in Moscow, Miklashevsky underwent special training, trained, worked out the legend. The NKVD decided not to philosophize too much - let the boxer in Germany perform as much as possible in the ring, and his name should flash on the pages of German newspapers.
Surprisingly, during the war years, a lot of boxing tournaments took place in Berlin and other cities of the Third Reich. In 1943 alone, about thirty matches took place, with the red corner traditionally represented by the Germans, and the blue corner by the French, Belgians, and Hungarians. The superiority of the Aryan race was also asserted in sports.
But back to Miklashevsky. In the summer of 1942, during a night battle, he "surrendered" to the Nazis as a prisoner, motivating the act by the fact that "he always hated the Communists."
Of course, the defector was not immediately believed. Numerous checks, lengthy interrogations took place in the camp, and once the Gestapo even staged the execution of a prisoner. Uncle Seva helped, who had already entered into the confidence of the Nazis and took Igor out of the camp under his own responsibility. Boxing helped the scout to finally establish himself in a difficult situation. After the defeat at Stalingrad, it was necessary to somehow raise the spirit of the Germans. The propaganda machine of Goebbels staged a major international tournament in the spring of 1943, and "persons of Slavic nationality" were again required for the blue corner. By that time, Miklashevsky had already held several sparring matches in Berlin, and was invited to the tournament.
This competition was attended by the world champion among heavyweights, the idol of the nation Max Schmeling, who really liked the technique of the Russian middleweight. After the fight, Schmeling congratulated Miklashevsky and presented him with an autographed photograph of himself. This was a kind of recognition of the defector's trustworthiness.
Contrary to popular misconceptions, Schmeling was never a Nazi; during the pogroms, the world champion even hid Jewish children at his place. At the same time, starting from the 1936 Olympic Games, he really communicated closely with Hitler, he could safely play cards with the Fuhrer.
In his memoirs, the head of the fourth department of the NKVD, Lieutenant-General Pavel Sudoplatov, recalled that the Kremlin quickly got their bearings in the current situation. Now it made no sense to talk about the liquidation of "some uncle." Using the patronage of Schmeling, our intelligence officer was to prepare an assassination attempt on Hitler himself.
A new operation has begun. To help Miklashevsky, a group of experienced illegal immigrants was sent from Yugoslavia, they made it possible to establish contact with the famous actress, Hitler's lover, another agent of our intelligence, Olga Chekhova.
Finally, everything was ready for the assassination attempt, the bomb was supposed to explode during Hitler's visit to the theater:
And then an unexpected order came from the Kremlin - to put aside the liquidation of the Fuhrer. How? Why? Sudoplatov claims that Stalin was simply afraid that after the removal of Hitler, the new German leaders would conclude a separate peace with the allies without the participation of the USSR.

Last rounds
Miklashevsky fled to France, where he committed several acts of sabotage. After the war he returned to Moscow. The government awarded him the Order of the Red Banner of War. He no longer achieved resounding victories in the ring due to a severe wound in the neck, he became a judge of the all-Union category, trained boys in one of the schools in the Dolgoprudnensky district.
They say that sometimes, when meeting with journalists, Igor Lvovich wanted to tell the whole truth about those events, but could not because of the increased secrecy.
Whether he was really preparing an assassination attempt on Hitler or this story turned out to be just another myth of Stalinist propaganda is almost impossible to say today - on September 25, 1990, Miklashevsky died. They buried him quietly, without loud speeches and artillery salvos. As befits a real spy.
Konstantin Osipov

MIKLASHEVSKY IGOR LVOVICH 05/30/1918-09/25/1990, Leningrad. Born in the family of the famous dramatic actress AUGUSTA LEONIDOVNA MIKLASHEVSKAYA. Boxer, middleweight champion of Leningrad in 1938, 1939. Studied in Moscow at the GTSOLIFK. The war was met by loading anti-aircraft art. tools. The command, knowing that Igor spoke German from childhood, sent him to intelligence. school. In 1942, he was abandoned behind enemy lines to independently carry out a combat mission. For legalization, he began to perform in the ring under his own name. Using the fact that he was the nephew of the famous Soviet theatrical figure Blumenthal-Tamarin, who voluntarily went over to the Germans, he managed to get to Berlin and gain confidence in the representatives of military sports. As a good boxer, he enjoyed the patronage of the popular German professional boxer Max Schmelling, who was part of Hitler's inner circle. He was in the enemy rear from the end of 1942 to the autumn of 1944. Having completed the task (the failure of the assassination attempt on Hitler so that Germany would not conclude a separate peace with the West), he safely returned to his own. He was the prototype of the protagonist of the book of the writer G. Sviridov "Stand to the end." Awarded with the Order of the Red Banner. After the war, he worked as a coach and in administrative and sports positions. Judge VK.

In the 1970s and 1980s, a number of films dedicated to the exploits of Soviet intelligence officers in the fascist rear were released on the wide screen in the Soviet Union. One of the films was called "The feat of a scout."

Hello, Yuri Zaitsev is in the studio. In the 1970s and 1980s, a number of films dedicated to the exploits of Soviet intelligence officers in the fascist rear were released on the wide screen in the Soviet Union. One of the films was called "The feat of a scout." There were others, I don’t remember their name, but the plots are very similar. For example, this is the story of a man who gets into the German rear in order to kill Hitler or some high-ranking fascist commander. Then it seemed that all this was fiction, but now, when the secret archives of the NKVD have been opened, it becomes clear that such people really existed. And one of them is Igor Lvovich Miklashevsky. Before the war, this man studied at the Institute of Physical Culture at the Faculty of Boxing. During the war, he served in the 189th anti-aircraft artillery regiment with the rank of senior sergeant. And this man in 43 was thrown behind enemy lines with a special task to eliminate an active Nazi accomplice and propagandist. Traitor of the Motherland Blumenthal-Tamarin. By chance, Miklashevsky, just, was his nephew. It must be said that the head of the Mochalov Art Theater Blumenthal-Tamarin in 1941 ran across the front line with his wife. From July 7, 1942, Tamarin's voice sounded on the air. He denounced all the Bolshevik leaders. By the way, speaking, who used to strongly patronize him. Blumenthal-Tamarin made propaganda trips to concentration camps, where he persuaded Soviet prisoners of war to go over to the German side. It must be said that the Germans guarded the traitor very strongly. And in 1942 it was decided to liquidate this man. As I have already said, Igor Miklashevsky, who had previously been a boxer and a military man, was involved in this operation. But, I want to emphasize, he never had anything to do with the profession of intelligence officer. Today we have a historian, an employee of the public relations center of the FSB of Russia Oleg Konstantinovich Matveev in our studio. It must be said that it was this person who worked with the documents of Igor Miklashevsky.

Well, if I understand correctly, Miklashevsky was transferred from besieged Leningrad, where he served in the army, to Moscow, specially trained and transferred to the unit. A legend was created for him that he was a fine soldier, he was threatened with a term, instead of prison he was sent to a penal company, and from a penal company he defected to the Germans.

The idea of ​​using Miklashevsky as a nephew of Blumenthal-Tomarin to commit an act of retaliation belongs to Viktor Nikolaevich Ilyin, one of the leaders of the counterintelligence department of the NKV. At that time, Viktor Nikolayevich Ilyin worked in the line of the creative intelligentsia, he knew Blumenthal-Tamarin, his entourage, and his relatives well. And it was he who had the idea, supported by the leadership of the NKVD, to use Miklashevsky to carry out an act of retribution.

- If, now, I understand correctly, then they still did not know each other, uncle and nephew, and Miklashevsky did not maintain any such family ties with him.

Indeed, Miklashevsky did not maintain close contacts with the Blumenthal-Tamarin family, they knew each other, but they did not have close communication. Miklashevsky knew well, first of all, the wife of Blumenthal-Tamarin, his own aunt, Blumenthal-Tamarin was just her husband. That is, he was not a blood relative for Miklashevsky.

- Well, if I understand correctly, Miklashevsky was transferred behind enemy lines. He, then, defected with the legend. And this is where the weird adventure begins. Everything started right away. He gave information about his unit, somewhat, so to speak, not accurate, of course, before that there were defectors who gave more accurate data. And this gave the Germans a reason to suspect him.

Indeed, when Miklashevsky was taken to enemy territory in April 43, the Germans began to interrogate him, and it so happened that two days before Miklashevsky appeared with them, two servicemen of the same unit ran over to them, who gave one testimony, real testimony , about the command of the unit and its personnel. And Miklashevsky reported the disinformation that the NKVD had prepared for him.

Discrepancies arose, on which the Germans tried to catch him and convict him of being a setup for the Soviet counterintelligence agencies. But here, in these circumstances, the factor intervened that Miklashevsky called himself the nephew of Blumenthal-Tamarin, the Germans immediately raised Russian-language leaflets, saw the name of Blumenthal-Tamarin there, conducted a check, and it turned out that, indeed, Miklashevsky is a real nephew, and this played a positive role in his fate. He was not arrested, but was sent to one of the camps near Smolensk.

- And here, if I understand correctly, begins, well, one might say, a dizzying career. He graduates from a special German educational institution, gets a job, or, so to speak, gets him a job in the Russian liberation army under the leadership of General Vlasov. He serves and meets with his uncle. Well, as I understand it, at first it was not possible to eliminate it.

Yes. Miklashevsky's path to the accomplishment of the action of retribution turned out to be quite long and thorny, which, in general, could cost him his life. The circumstances were such that Miklashevsky, according to the assignment received from the NKVD, entered the Russian liberation army and soon went to France, where he served. Then, in 1944, thanks again to the intervention of his uncle, with whom he enters into active correspondence, he manages to get a short ten-day vacation and he comes to his uncle, who at that time lived in Koenigsberg, not anywhere, but on the estate of Koch himself Gauleiter of East Prussia and Ukraine. Unfortunately, during these ten days he fails to catch a moment when they would be left alone, where he could commit an act of retribution. Having failed to complete this task, Miklashevsky returns to his unit.

- Then I understand that there was a wound that he received in battles, one might say, with the allies. He was completely commissioned and that's when he was already seconded to his uncle.

After the landing of the allies, Miklashevsky, together with his unit, entered into hostilities. He received a very serious wound in the neck and leg. He was literally pulled out of the next world, and after that, indeed, he was commissioned, and again, with the direct participation of his uncle Blumenthal-Tamarin, he was seconded to Berlin, where by that time he himself had ended up. And Miklashevsky gets a job in one of the camps for the training of Vlasov propagandists, where he is engaged in sports work.

- In the very last days of the war, Miklashevsky managed to fulfill the order, and moreover, he captured the most valuable archive of his uncle.

When the war was coming to an end, Miklashevsky finally got a moment when he could complete the task assigned to him. It so happened that they finally ended up together in a forest, where there were no witnesses, and Miklashevsky carried out the sentence that had been pronounced back in 41 against the traitor Blumenthal-Tamarin. He managed to seize his uncle's archive and with all this household he moved to the allied occupation zone, where he called himself a Soviet intelligence officer and asked him to organize a meeting with representatives of the Soviet command. Such a meeting was organized. He called a conditional password. After that, Moscow was requested and Miklashevsky was urgently delivered by plane to Moscow along with the archive of Blumenthal-Tamarin, and in addition to this, he gave very valuable evidence for counterintelligence about those persons who were known to him as participants in the Vlasov movement, as employees of German special services, which were then carried out operational search work. For a long time, until the 60s, nothing at all was known about Miklashevsky's mission behind the front line. That is, he had to come up with various legends in every possible way, in every possible way evade direct questions, his friends, acquaintances about where he was during the war, what he did. He, as a rule, talked about being in a partisan detachment. And in 1960, Miklashevsky met with Viktor Nikolaevich Ilyin, the former Commissar of State Security, who by that time was working as the Executive Secretary of the Writers' Union.

- This is it, just attracted to complete this task.

Yes, absolutely right. This is the same person who, in fact, came up with this whole combination, who attracted Miklashevsky to carry out this task, here he was the executive secretary of the writers' union in the 60th year. He listened to Miklashevsky and at that moment turned to the leadership of the counterintelligence department of the KGB with the idea to tell the public about the feat committed by Miklashevsky, but in a slightly different interpretation. That is, with a change in the task, where instead of Blumenthal-Tamarin, none other than Hitler began to appear.

Oleg MATVEEV (CSO officer of the FSB of Russia),

Yuri ZAYTSEV (host of Radio Russia)