Vladimir Kryuchkov

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KGB officer Soviet politician human intelligence chief

Vladimir Kryuchkov was a Soviet politician and KGB chairman best known as one of the leading organizers of the failed August 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.

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Kryuchkov 1
Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf KGB officer ⓘ
Soviet politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
intelligence chief ⓘ
awardReceived Order of Lenin ⓘ
Order of the Patriotic War ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

Order of the Red Banner ⓘ
Order of the Red Star ⓘ
causeOfDeath meningitis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1924-02-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2007-11-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
Saratov State University ⓘ
employer KGB ⓘ
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ethnicGroup Russians ⓘ
familyName Vladimir Kryuchkov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kryuchkov
fullName Vladimir Kryuchkov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov
givenName Vladimir ⓘ
memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR ⓘ
surface form: State Committee on the State of Emergency
militaryBranch KGB ⓘ
nativeLanguage Russian ⓘ
notableFor role in the August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
intelligence officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEndTime 1991-08-22 ⓘ
officeHeld Chairman of the KGB ⓘ
officeStartTime 1988-10-01 ⓘ
participantIn August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ
surface form: August 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
patronymicName Alexandrovich ⓘ
placeOfBirth Russian SFSR NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Tsaritsyn ⓘ
placeOfDeath Moscow ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
positionHeld Chairman of the KGB ⓘ
Head of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB ⓘ
deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
member of the CPSU Secretariat ⓘ
member of the Central Committee of the CPSU ⓘ
predecessor Viktor Chebrikov NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion atheism ⓘ
roleInEvent leading organizer of the August 1991 coup attempt ⓘ
spouse Nina Kryuchkova ⓘ
successor Vadim Bakatin NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation Moscow ⓘ

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Vladimir Kryuchkov → familyName → Vladimir Kryuchkov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kryuchkov
Vladimir Kryuchkov → fullName → Vladimir Kryuchkov self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov