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Yury Drozdov

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Belarusian military personnel (1925-2017)

Lived 1925 to 2017 · aged 91
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Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov was a Soviet security official. In 1979, he led Operation Storm-333, formally triggering the Soviet-Afghan War. Later, as a high-level agent of the KGB, he oversaw the execution of the "Illegals Program" in the United States from 1979 until 1991.

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Awards 38

Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Star
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Medal "For Battle Merit"
Medal "For Labour Valour"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Zhukov Medal
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For the strengthening of friendship in arms"
Medal "To a Warrior-Internationalist from the Grateful Afghan People"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
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"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class
Badge "To a Warrior-Internationalist"
Honorary Officer of the State Security
Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"
Order of the Red Banner
Medal Brotherhood in Arms
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"

Connected to Yury 6

Aleksandr DorofeyevAlso won Medal Brotherhood in ArmsVladimir LobovAlso won Badge "To a Warrior-Internationalist"Ivan RoslyAlso won Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"Yakov CherevichenkoAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"Nikolai BoyarskiyAlso won Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"Alexander FeklisovAlso won Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"

About this person

Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov was a Soviet security official. In 1979, he led Operation Storm-333, formally triggering the Soviet-Afghan War. Later, as a high-level agent of the KGB, he oversaw the execution of the "Illegals Program" in the United States from 1979 until 1991. Drozdov was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, which was conferred to him in 1981.

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Lived 1925 to 2017 · aged 91
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