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Born October 4, 1895 • Baku • Azerbaijan
Died November 7, 1944 (aged 49) • Tokyo • Japan
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Cicero
German spy
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
Georgy Zhukov
Georgy Zhukov
Soviet marshal
Vyacheslav Molotov
Vyacheslav Molotov
foreign minister of Soviet Union
John Cairncross
British civil servant and spy
Ivan Konev
Ivan Stepanovich Konev
Soviet general
Demjanjuk, John
John Demjanjuk
Ukrainian-born automobile worker
Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov
Soviet military and political leader
Vasily Chuikov
Soviet general
Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky
Soviet commander
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky
Soviet military officer
Pierre Brossolette
French journalist
Brinon, 1940
Fernand de Brinon
French journalist and politician
Vlasov, Andrey Andreyevich
Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov
Soviet officer
Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Timoshenko
Soviet general
Malcolm Muggeridge
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Adolf Hitler
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Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
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