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Yuri Drozdov

Soviet and Russian security official

Died when: 91 years 275 days (1101 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Yuri Drozdov

Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov (Russian: ???? ???????? ???????; 19 September 1925, Minsk – 21 June 2017, Moscow) was a high-level Soviet and Russian security official.He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin (1981).

He oversaw the KGB's Illegals Program from 1979 to 1991.Drozdov led Special Operation Storm-333, which started the Soviet–Afghan War.

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