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Simas Kudirka (9 April 1930 – 11 February 2023) was a Lithuanian sailor. He is best known for the attempted defection from the Soviet Union in 1970 and subsequent activism against the Soviet regime in Lithuania. An important outcome of the incident was the creation of the improved guidelines for handling defections by American officials.
The Defection of Simas Kudirka is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film based on actual events, featuring Alan Arkin as Simas Kudirka, a Lithuanian merchant seaman who attempts to defect from the Soviet Union to the United States by jumping onto a U.S. Coast Guard cutter.
Simas Kudirka (1930 m. balandžio 9 d. Griškabūdyje, Šakių apskrityje – 2023 m. vasario 11 d. Pilviškiuose, Vilkaviškio rajono savivaldybėje) – lietuvių pasipriešinimo sovietiniam okupaciniam režimui dalyvis.
Oct 25, 2020 · But that same day, a Lithuanian-born sailor, Simas Kudirka, decided that he would make a daring attempt to defect from the Soviet Union to the United States. He would quite literally jump ship, clearing the three metre gap between the Litva and the Vigilant in order to escape.
Mar 1, 2022 · In its first half-hour, the documentary “The Jump” brings a bracing immediacy to a 50-year-old Cold War incident. In 1970, a Lithuanian sailor, Simas Kudirka, jumped from a Soviet trawler onto ...
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Jan 23, 1978 · The Defection of Simas Kudirka: Directed by David Lowell Rich. With Alan Arkin, Richard Jordan, Donald Pleasence, George Dzundza. Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States.
Jan 13, 2022 · A radio operator on a Soviet fish-processing vessel, Kudirka jumped across icy waters off Martha’s Vineyard to the deck of an American Coast Guard ship on close-approach, and into the international spotlight.. Less than 12 hours later, the Americans allowed six Soviet sailors onboard to take Kudirka, wrapped in ropes and a blanket.
