Gevork Vartanian was not even 16 when he went into intelligence. In 1955, he graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages, Yerevan. He is primarily responsible for thwarting Operation Long Jump, concocted by Adolf Hitler, headed by Ernst Kaltenbrunner, and led by Otto Skorzeny, which was an attempt to assassinate Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt at the Tehran conference in 1943.
Gevork Andreevich Vartanian (Russian: Гево́рк Андре́евич Вартаня́н, Armenian: Գեվորգ Անդրեվիչ Վարդանյան; February 17, 1924 – January 10, 2012) was a Soviet intelligence agent.
Vartanian was born in Nor Nakhichevan (currently Rostov-on-Don). His father was a Soviet intelligence agent as well and was sent to Persia (presently Iran) in 1930, where he worked for 23 years under a cover of a wealthy merchant.
i think the world owe this man. God bless Vartanyan
MRV1939 1 month ago
Gevork Vartanian was not even 16 when he went into intelligence. In 1955, he graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages, Yerevan. He is primarily responsible for thwarting Operation Long Jump, concocted by Adolf Hitler, headed by Ernst Kaltenbrunner, and led by Otto Skorzeny, which was an attempt to assassinate Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt at the Tehran conference in 1943.
HAYasa1000 1 month ago
Gevork Andreevich Vartanian (Russian: Гево́рк Андре́евич Вартаня́н, Armenian: Գեվորգ Անդրեվիչ Վարդանյան; February 17, 1924 – January 10, 2012) was a Soviet intelligence agent.
Vartanian was born in Nor Nakhichevan (currently Rostov-on-Don). His father was a Soviet intelligence agent as well and was sent to Persia (presently Iran) in 1930, where he worked for 23 years under a cover of a wealthy merchant.
HAYasa1000 1 month ago
R.I.P Gevork Vartanyan a great Soviet hero.
TheNLguy 1 month ago