Zelman Isaevich Passov Зельман Исаевич Пассов (1905, Staraya Russa,
Passov originally joined the secret police, the
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Zelman — See also Zelman (surname) Zelman, Zalman, or Zalmen is Jewish given name, and may refer to:*Zelman Cowen (born 1919), Governor General of Australia *Zelman Kleinstein (born 1910), chess master *Zelman Passov (1905 1940), Soviet foreign… … Wikipedia
First Chief Directorate — The First Chief Directorate (Russian: Первое Главное Управление) (or PGU) of the Committee for State Security (KGB), was the organization responsible for foreign operations and intelligence collection activities by the training and management of… … Wikipedia
Chiefs of Soviet and Russian Foreign Intelligence — 1920– • 1920–1921 Yakov Davidov (Davityan) • 1921 Ryuben Katanyan • 1921–1922 Solomon Mogilevskiy • 1922–1930 Mikhail Trilisser • 1930–1931 Stanislav Messing • 1931–1936 Artur Artuzov • 1936–1938 Abram Slutskiy • 1938 Zelman Passov • 1938 Pavel… … Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence
