The following translation is taken from a rather lengthy interrogation of Prince Nikolay Mikhaylovich Gagarin, a former Wehrmacht officer and commander of the 3rd squadron of the 600th Cossack division, who went over to the Smolensk partisans on June 9, 1943. The uniqueness of the document is that, to date, it is the only knownContinueContinue reading “1943: Prince Nikolay Gagarin Returns Home from Fighting for the Nazis”
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Russian FSB Using Declassified Materials and Emotion-Packed Rhetoric to Create Rift Between Ukraine, Poland
On 5 July 2026, the Ukrainian news agency Ukrainska Pravda [Ukrainian Truth] published an article blasting the Russian government’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for spreading faked “declassified” documents in a massive campaign to undermine the growing strategic partnership between and Poland. This is certainly not the first time such claims have been made. Russia’s ForeignContinueContinue reading “Russian FSB Using Declassified Materials and Emotion-Packed Rhetoric to Create Rift Between Ukraine, Poland”
1942: Roosevelt Willing to Sacrifice 120,000 Troops in “Second Dunkirk” to Help Soviets, Churchill Outraged
In 1942, the situation for the Soviet Union in the war against Nazi Germany took a dramatic turn for the worse. Soviet troops suffered defeats in Crimea and near Kharkov. German forces began a rapid advance westward, moving toward the shores of the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus region. Given the situation, the USSR beganContinueContinue reading “1942: Roosevelt Willing to Sacrifice 120,000 Troops in “Second Dunkirk” to Help Soviets, Churchill Outraged”
1944 Romania Switches Alliances in WW2: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire
In late August 1944, World War II was clearly coming to a swift close for Romania. Having sided with Nazi Germany under the government of Ion Antonescu, Romania observed the Red Army’s August 1944 Jassy-Kishinev offensive crush the Axis front in northeastern Romania. With no realistic chance of survival, the Romanian Army declared a unilateralContinueContinue reading “1944 Romania Switches Alliances in WW2: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire”
1991: On the Cusp of the Fall of the Soviet Union, KGB Continues to Fret Over Radio Free Europe
Just months before the failed Soviet putsch of 1991, which is known today as having indirectly led to the collapse of the USSR, Nikolai Golushko, the chairman of the Ukrainian KGB posted a Secret report to Leonid Kravchuk, the newly anointed Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, regarding what was seen asContinueContinue reading “1991: On the Cusp of the Fall of the Soviet Union, KGB Continues to Fret Over Radio Free Europe”
1945: Stalin Reads Britain’s Top Secret Plans to Neutralize Worldwide Soviet Threat
When published in June 1945, the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee (JIC) paper on “British Empire Security” was the talk of the town (London, that is). The 68-page Top Secret document, written as the war in the Pacific still raged on,provided a security roadmap for the United Kingdom for the period 1955-1960, identifying potential threats to theContinueContinue reading “1945: Stalin Reads Britain’s Top Secret Plans to Neutralize Worldwide Soviet Threat”
Top Secret 1962 Document: KGB Warns of “Hipsters” Poisoning the Morals of Soviet Youth
On 24 February 1962, Chairman of the KGB in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Ivan Savchenko dashed off a five-page announcement regarding concerns over the rapidly declining state of Soviet youth. Alien (Western) influences were seeping into the impressionable minds of the young people across the Soviet Union and their culture, and actions were neededContinueContinue reading “Top Secret 1962 Document: KGB Warns of “Hipsters” Poisoning the Morals of Soviet Youth”
Soviet Intelligence Report: Germans in Stalingrad on the Eve of the 1942 Red Army Counteroffensive
Knowledge of the morale and physical state of the enemy army has always been of significant interest in planning defensive and offensive operations. In this regard, intelligence services constantly focused on obtaining information of this kind. The defeat of the German-fascist troops at Stalingrad would have been impossible without the persistent, deadly work of SovietContinueContinue reading “Soviet Intelligence Report: Germans in Stalingrad on the Eve of the 1942 Red Army Counteroffensive”
1935: USSR and US Negotiate the Sale of the US Naval Ordnance Factory in West Virginia to the Soviets
Throughout the 1930s, the Soviet Union expressed tremendous interest in procuring advanced weapons (and the means to produce the same) from a number of countries, not least of which was the United States. We’ve uncovered a small stack of documents that outline one specific line of inquiry: the attempted purchase of the US Naval OrdnanceContinueContinue reading “1935: USSR and US Negotiate the Sale of the US Naval Ordnance Factory in West Virginia to the Soviets”
Rosatom: Nuclear Secrets of Department K: Counterintelligence Activities in Russia’s Nuclear Industry
Earlier this week, the official website for the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation published an article on newly revealed activities of the nuclear industry’s counterintelligence organs. We’re translated the article and are happy to provide it to our readers. Nuclear Secrets of Department “K”: Counterintelligence Activities in the Development of Russia’s Nuclear Industry 1 DecemberContinueContinue reading “Rosatom: Nuclear Secrets of Department K: Counterintelligence Activities in Russia’s Nuclear Industry”
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