Day of Armenian Intelligence Troops

November 5, 1992 – Formation of the Armenian Armed Forces Intelligence Unit is completedNovember 5, 1992 – The formation of the intelligence unit of the Armenian Armed Forces is completed. Subsequently, November 5 was celebrated in the Armed Forces of Armenia as the Day of Intelligence Troops.

Among the Armenian scouts of the Great Patriotic War, one can single out Hero of the Soviet Union Gevorg Andreevich Vardanyan.

Vartanyan Gevorg Andreevich is a Soviet intelligence officer of the foreign intelligence service of the State Security Committee (KGB) of the USSR.

Born February 17, 1924 in the city of Rostov-on-Don. He has been engaged in exploration since 1940. In the forties he worked in Iran, where he was engaged in ensuring the security of the leaders of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition - J.V. Stalin, W. Churchill and F. Roosevelt.

Hero of the Soviet Union Gevorg Andreevich Vardanyan

The group of 19-year-old Gevorg Vartanyan in 1943 foiled an attempt on the leaders of the “big three”.

On account of G.A. Vartanyan - dozens of uncovered spies.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ("closed") of May 28, 1984, for the achieved results in collecting intelligence data and showing courage and heroism Vartanyan Georgy Andreevich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the medal "Golden Star" (No. 11511).

The name of G.A. Vartanyan was revealed only in 2000.

According to the recognition of authoritative experts, Hero of the Soviet Union G.A. Vartanyan is one of the hundred great intelligence officers of the world.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin, other orders and medals of the USSR.

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