List of Soviet assassinations

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This is a list of people confirmed to have been assassinated by the government of the Soviet Union.[1] Some of the assassinations or targeted killings took place overseas.

Soviet assassinations

Target Position Date City Country Killer Method
Fyodor Kokoshkin member of the First Russian State Duma 1918-01-20 Leningrad File:Flag RSFSR 1918.svg Russian SFSR Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee
Nikolay Vtorov Russian industrialist 1918-05-20 Moscow Bolsheviks Unknown.[2]
Nicholas II last Tsar of Russia 1918-07-17 Yekaterinburg Cheka Execution.[3]
Francis Cromie British naval attaché 1918-08-31 Petrograd Bolsheviks Killed in combat.
Alexander Dutov Russian Cossacks 1921-02-07 Suiding File:Flag of China (1912–1928).svg China Bolsheviks
Pyotr Wrangel Russian White Army General 1928-04-25 Brussels File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Soviet agent Poisoning.
Alexander Kutepov White Army General 1930-01-26 Paris File:Flag of France (1794–1958).svg France OGPU
Noe Ramishvili former Prime Minister of Georgia 1930-12-07
Sergey Kirov First Secretary of the Leningrad City Bolsheviks 1934-12-01 Leningrad File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg Soviet Union NKVD Shot by revolver.
Juliet Stuart Poyntz CPUSA member and soviet intelligence agent 1937-06-03 New York File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Possible execution.[4]
Georges Agabekov defected OGPU agent 1937-08-?? Pyrenees Mountains Unsure French or Spanish side in the Pyrenees Mountains
Ignace Reiss Soviet spy 1937-09-04 Lausanne File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Strangulation and/or machine gun.
Lev Sedov Leon Trotsky's eldest son 1938-02-16 Paris File:Flag of France (1794–1958).svg France
Yevhen Konovalets Leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists 1938-05-23 Rotterdam File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Explosive hidden in box of chocolates.
Rudolf Klement Senior official in the Fourth International and longtime confidant of Trotsky 1938-07-13 Paris File:Flag of France.svg France Unknown. Possible beheading.
Yevgeny Miller General in the White Army 1939-05-11 Moscow File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union Tortured and shot.
Zinaida Reich Soviet actress 1939-07-15 Stabbing.
Leon Trotsky Soviet politician and Marxist revolutionary theorist 1940-08-21 Coyoacán File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico Exsanguination from attack by ice pick.
Nikolai Koltsov Soviet biologist 1940-12-02 Leningrad File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union Poisoning.
Walter Krivitsky defected Soviet intelligence officer 1941-02-10 Washington, D.C. File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Shot by revolver.[5]
Mairbek Sheripov Chechen nationalist 1942-11-07 Chechnya File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union Soviet security force Soviet reprisal raid.
Wilhelm Kube Generalkommissar of Weissruthenien 1943-09-22 Minsk File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union Yelena Mazanik Timed explosive.
Solomon Mikhoels Soviet actor and the artistic director of the Moscow State Jewish Theatre. 1948-01-13 MGB
Khasan Israilov Chechen nationalist 1944-12-29 Chechnya Soviet security force
Konstantin Volkov Soviet diplomat and NKVD officer 1945-09-?? Istanbul File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey NKVD Disappeared from his post.
Leonid Karas Belarusian writer and journalist for Radio Liberty 1954-09-?? Munich File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany KGB Drowning.[6]
Abdurrahman Fatalibeyli Defected Soviet army major; CIA agent and later chief of the Azerbaijani desk for Radio Liberty 1954-11-22 Strangulation.
Lev Rebet Leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists 1957-10-10 Poisoning with vapor gun.
Imre Nagy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary 1958-06-16 Budapest File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Soviet show trial Execution.
Stepan Bandera[7] Leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists 1959-10-15 Munich File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany KGB Poisoning by cyanide gas.
Mohammed Daoud Khan President of Afghanistan 1978-04-28 Kabul Afghanistan Afghanistan KGB / PDPA
Georgi Markov Bulgarian dissident journalist 1978-09-11 London File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom KGB Poisoning by ricin-filled pellet. (See Umbrella Murder)
Hafizullah Amin President of Afghanistan 1979-12-27 Kabul Afghanistan Afghanistan Targeted assault on the Tajbeg Palace (see: Operation Storm-333)
Sultan Ibraimov Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan 1980-12-04 Cholpon Ata File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Shot twice in the head.

See also

References

  1. Filipov, David (23 March 2017). "Here are 10 critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 23 March 2017.
  2. "Nikolai Vtorov – the richest man of Russian history". Russian Personalities. 17 January 2016.
  3. "The Execution of Tsar Nicholas II, 1918". EyeWitness to History. 2005.
  4. Lynn, Denise (13 June 2019). "The Disappearance of Juliet Stuart Poyntz". Nursing Clio.
  5. Болтянская, Нателла (2 January 2010). "Заказчик убийства — Сталин (тайные убийства по команде Кремля)". Echo of Moscow (in русский). Archived from the original on 6 January 2010.
  6. "Leonid Karas". The Fight for Press Freedom. U.S. Agency for Global Media.
  7. Andrew, Christopher; Mitrokhin, Vasili (1999). The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB. Basic Books. p. 362. ISBN 0-465-00312-5.