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Adolf Georgiyevich Tolkachev (Russian: Адольф Георгиевич Толкачёв; 6 January 1927 – 24 September 1986) was a Soviet electronics engineer. He provided vital documents to the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) between 1979 and 1985.
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One of its former chief designers was Adolf Tolkachev, who...
- Gardner Hathaway
Shortly after moving to Moscow, Hathaway persuaded his...
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Adolf Tolkachev remains the source of the most catastrophic military aviation leaks in all of Russian history. Working for the CIA in 1979-1985, he’d managed to pass on so much he’d even given...
Jul 2, 2015 · July 4, 2015 at 9:20 p.m. EDT. An identity card created by the CIA in an attempt to replicate Adolf Tolkachev’s building pass to facilitate removing secret documents from his Soviet military...
Just the day before, Moscow had announced that a Soviet defense researcher named Adolf G. Tolkachev had been arrested as a CIA spy.
Adolf Georgiyevich Tolkachev ( Russian: Адольф Георгиевич Толкачёв; 6 January 1927 – 24 September 1986) was a Soviet electronics engineer. He provided vital documents to the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) between 1979 and 1985.
Aug 8, 2015 · Global. What Made This Man Betray His Country? How a troubled past turned a Soviet military engineer into one of the CIA’s most valuable spies. By David E. Hoffman. Adolf Tolkachev, a Soviet...
The book covers the life of Russian engineer Adolf Tolkachev, nicknamed the "Billion Dollar Spy", who was executed by the Soviet Union after being caught passing information on classified radar technology to CIA agents. Reviews. The book received mostly positive reviews.