# Leonid Kvasnikov

> Leonid Romanovich Kvasnikov was a Soviet and Russian chemical engineer and a spy, serving first in NKVD and later served in KGB. Graduated with honors from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Machine-Building in 1934 and worked as an engineer in a chemical plant for several years in the Tula region. Kvasnikov continued postgraduate engineering studies and joined the KGB in 1938 as a specialist in scientific-technical intelligence. Beginning in 1939 he was the section head of scientific and technical intelligence. Kvasnikov served a few short-term assignments in Germany and Poland and rising swiftly to become deputy chief and then chief of the KGB scientific intelligence section.

*KGB officer (1905–1993)*

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## Identity
- **Born:** 1905-06-02
- **Died:** 1993-10-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Leonid Kvasnikov](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kvasnikov)
- [Leonid Kvasnikov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kvasnikov)
- [Լեոնիդ Կվասնիկով](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A4_%D4%BF%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%BE)
- [Leonid Kvasnikov](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kvasnikov)
- [Leonid Kwasnikow](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kwasnikow)
- [Квасников, Леонид Романович](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4218585)

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