Leonid Shebarshin
| Leonid Shebarshin Леонид Шебаршин |
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| Acting Chairman of the Committee for State Security | |
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In office 22 August 1991 – 23 August 1991 |
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| Premier | Ivan Silayev |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Kryuchkov |
| Succeeded by | Vadim Bakatin |
| The head of the foreign intelligence service of the KGB USSR | |
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In office 6 February 1989 – 22 September 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Vladimir Kryuchkov |
| Succeeded by | Vyacheslav Gurgenov |
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24 March 1935 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Died | 30 March 2012 (aged 77) Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Soviet and Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin (Russian: Леонид Владимирович Шебаршин; 24 March 1935 – 30 March 2012) became head of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB in January 1989, when the former FCD chief, Vladimir Kryuchkov, was promoted to KGB chief. Prior to that, Shebarshin had served as Kryuchkov's deputy from April 1987.
After graduating in 1952 from high school with a silver medal, Shebarshin entered the Indian branch of the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies. In connection with the closing of the institute in 1954, he transferred to the third course of Faculty of Oriental Studies MGIMO.
In 1957, he married another classmate, a student of the Chinese Branch Nina Vassilyevna Pushkina. Upon graduation, he sent in October 1958 to work as a referent of the USSR Embassy in Pakistan. In 1962, he completed the trip to the post of third secretary of the embassy and was taken to work in the department of South-East Asian Affairs of the USSR.
Also in 1962, he was invited to join the Fist Chief Directorate (foreign intelligence) KGB and began a new career in the rank of second lieutenant and security officer positions. After a year training in intelligence school, was sent to work in Pakistan under diplomatic cover.
The importance of Pakistan for intelligence at the time determined by the participation of the country's military-political blocs CENTO and SEATO, close ties with the United States, the conflict relations with neighboring India and rapprochement with China. Extraordinary interest is the large American colony in India: military advisers, diplomats, spies, journalists, etc. Acquisition sources in U.S. facilities was the most important task of all foreign residencies of the KGB.
At the initiative of the Soviet Union, leaders of the warring parties, the President of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of India met in January 1966 in Tashkent. This was a major diplomatic success of the Soviet side, and presided at her Kosygin. For contribution to the preparation of the conference LV Shebarshin was promoted to the post. In the service characteristics indicated that LV Shebarshin "achieved concrete results in the recruiting work." The clerical language means buying agents in the intelligence penetration of objects.
In 1968, Shebarshin returned to Moscow and took a year-long training course to improve managerial staff. In early 1971, he was sent as a deputy KGB resident in India, and in 1975, he was appointed a resident.
During the trip, there was another Indo-Pakistani War, which ended the division of Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh, along with a state of emergency in India. Close attention required activities of American representatives in India; for decades, the United States remained the main opponent of the Soviet Union and the main object of the aspirations of Soviet intelligence. Great importance in that period was India's relations with China. Job residency on the key areas were assessed positively by the Center and the political leadership of the USSR.
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