Pavel Fitin. Chief of Intelligence

In March 1938, Pavel Fitin, deputy editor-in-chief of the Selkhozgiz publishing house, was sent to study at special accelerated courses at the NKVD Special Purpose School in the Moscow region. After five months of training, he became an intern in the central apparatus of Soviet foreign intelligence. Since November 1938 - deputy head of this unit. And in May 1939, 31-year-old Pavel Fitin headed Sov...