About Rem Krassilnikov
Lived 1927 – 2003 (aged 75–76). Rem Krassilnikov was a Russian military officer.
Major General Rem Krassilnikov (Krasilnikov, , (1927 - 2003) was a counter-intelligence officer of the Soviet Union's State Security Committee (KGB).
Krasilnikov was born in the family of a senior intelligence officer. His first name was taken from the Russian phrase Revolutsia mirovaya ( -"World Revolution"). His wife's name was Ninel (Lenin spelled backwards).
During the 1980s, he was Chief of the First Department within the KGB's Second Chief Directorate, which placed him in charge of investigating and disrupting the operations of the Central Intelligence Agency in Moscow. Prior to that he headed up the Second Department of the SCD, which targeted the intelligence operations of the United Kingdom.
His book "KGB protiv MI6" ("KGB Against MI6") was a bestseller in Russia, and was reissued in 2020.
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Who was Rem Krassilnikov?
KGB officer
When was Rem Krassilnikov born?
Rem Krassilnikov was born in 1927 in Moscow.
When did Rem Krassilnikov die?
Rem Krassilnikov died in 2003 in Moscow.
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Rem Krassilnikov was a military officer.
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Rem Krassilnikov was Russian.
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