Richard Sorge
Soviet spy in Germany and Japan (1895－1944)
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Updated 2026-05-29
German-Russian spy who posed as a journalist in Nazi Germany and wartime Japan, feeding Soviet intelligence critical intel on the Eastern Front. Codename: Ramsay.
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Richard Gustavovich Sorge was a German-Russian journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during World War II and worked undercover as a German journalist in both Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. His codename was "Ramsay" (Рамза́й).
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