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O scurtă biografie a spionului sovietic Piotr Gonciaruk
A short biography of the Soviet Spy Piotr Gonciaruk

Author(s): Petre Opris
Subject(s): History, Diplomatic history, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Communism; Romania; intelligence; Piotr Gonciaruk; USSR;

Summary/Abstract: The short biography of Piotr Gonciaruk (Petre Petrescu) shows that the Soviet authorities managed to impose in Bucharest a person who can send to Moscow essential data about the Romanian espionage and counter espionage system. The same person was able to actively participate in the adoption of decisions about the control and guidance from outside of the Romanian intelligence services and the Communist authorities from Bucharest had known since 1944 about Piotr Gonciaruk’s contacts with the GRU officers who arrived in Romania.

  • Issue Year: XXIV/2016
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 98-106
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian