LEADER 01634ngm a22002897a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20200331145847.0 005 hubpceu 006 g|||||r|||| 00| 0 007 v| |||||| 008 121017b########xx#|||############m|rus|| 040 |bEnglish |chubpceu 041 rus 099 FL Record |f0347 100 Borisov, Boris, |edirector. 242 The Head of the Intelligence |yeng 245 Nachal'nik razvedki 260 Soviet Union : |bRizhskaia Kinostudiia, |c1989. 300 VHS (90 min.) 337 Moving image 520 Film about life and activities of the creator of the Soviet military intelligence service, Ian Karlovich Berzin (1889-1937). He became the head of the intelligence service in 1924. Soviet espionage networks in China, Germany, and within the Soviet Union are presented, along with Stalin's struggle for power within the Communist Party. The film explores the role of the Soviet intelligence services in gathering information about the military activities of Germany prior to the Second World War. In 1935 Berzin was removed from his position and sent to Khabarovsk; he later participated in the Spanish Civil War under the pseudo-name of General Grishin. Later Berzin was interrogated by the new head of NKVD Nikolai Ezhov, and sentenced to death. After the arrest of Berzin, the Soviet intelligence service was severely purged. 700 Pipars, Romualds, |edirector 942 |2ddc |cVHS 952 |00 |10 |40 |50 |70 |8FL |990118FL |bFL |d2016-11-25 |l0 |r2016-11-25 |w2016-11-25 |yVHS 920 01 loVNVJo8 966 |cIn the Research Room