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Aleksandr Sakharovsky

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Soviet general (1909-1983)

Lived 1909 to 1983 · aged 74
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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sakharovsky was a Soviet general who was head of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB from 1955 to 1971.

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Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Star
Order of the Badge of Honour
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Honorary Officer of the State Security
Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Military Order "For Services to the People and the Fatherland"
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Polonia Restituta
Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

Connected to Aleksandr 6

Alexi InauriAlso won Military Order "For Services to the People and the Fatherland"Zenon JankowskiAlso won Order of Polonia RestitutaZhumabay ShayakhmetovAlso won Honorary Officer of the State SecurityAlexander AltuninAlso won Order of the People's Republic of BulgariaIskhak AkhmerovAlso won Honorary Officer of the State SecurityWolfgang ReinholdAlso won Military Order "For Services to the People and the Fatherland"

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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sakharovsky was a Soviet general who was head of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB from 1955 to 1971. Sakharovsky oversaw the KGB foreign intelligence division during some of the key events of the Cold War, including the Hungarian uprising, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the height of the Vietnam War.

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Lived 1909 to 1983 · aged 74
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