Nikolai Kuznetsov (spy)
Nikolai Kuznetsov | |
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| Birth name | Nikanor Ivanovich Kuznetsov |
| Born | 27 July 1911 Zyryanka village, Yekaterinburgsky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 9 March 1944 (aged 32) Near Brody, Reichskommissariat Ukraine |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch | NKVD |
| Years of service | 1938–1944 |
| Rank | Senior Lieutenant |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Николай Иванович Кузнецов; 27 July 1911 – 9 March 1944) was a Soviet intelligence agent and partisan who operated in Nazi-occupied Ukraine (Reichskommissariat Ukraine) during World War II and who personally killed six high-ranking German officials. His file is still not fully disclosed and will be held until 2025 in the FSB archives. It was not until 1990 that Kuznetsov was officially recognized as a NKVD agent. He used several pseudonyms during his intelligence operations: e.g. Rudolf Schmidt, Nikolai Vasilevitsh Grachov (Николай Васильевич Грачёв) and Oberleutnant Paul Siebert. Kuznetsov was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.