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Leonid Kvasnikov

KGB officer (1905–1993)

  • Fame41.8
  • Momentum3.1
  • Wikipedia322
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Lived 1905–1993, aged 88
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  • Era
    1905–1993
    Aged 88
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-23

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.

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