Heroes Smersh. Bondarenko A.

This book is about the war and about those people who ensured the security of the fighting Red Army. The author does not separate the work of employees of the legendary SMERSH, military counterintelligence, from what was happening on the fronts, and this helps the reader himself to conclude about the need and importance of their activity. The heroes of the book are SMERSH employees of various ranks, from the head of the Main Directorate of counterintelligence of the People's Commissariat of Defense to the Safront Agent. Particular attention is paid to the fate of operational workers who were directly in the battle formations of the troops, including those who fell in battles. Here, biographies of SMERSH employees were placed here, who subsequently occupied senior positions in the security authorities, and those who, having gone into the reserve, reached the heights in completely different areas, and also told about all the "soreshchers" - the heroes of the Soviet Union. The book "Heroes of Smersh" debunks many "legends" and corrects delusions, often universally recognized. It opens the little -known pages of the Great Patriotic War and helps to understand and comprehend the role played by military counterintelligence in achieving a great victory.