Richard Sorge. The Spy Who Saved the USSR

Richard Sorge – the greatest spy of the 20th century. A man of unique fate and immense personal courage, after his exposure and arrest he turned the trial arranged by the Japanese against the members of the "Ramzay" residency into his last battle. The author of this book - Sergey Leonidovich Budkevich personally knew many of the figures involved in the "Sorge case". He served in the embassy residency of the Soviet military intelligence in Tokyo from 1936 to 1941, and his insider perspective makes the narrative especially emotional and simultaneously credible. Sorge's execution took place in the Tokyo prison "Sugamo" at 10:20 AM on November 7, 1944. According to the memories of those present, before his hanging, the spy behaved very calmly. Richard Sorge fulfilled his duty, entered history, and made an invaluable contribution to Victory. And he did not regret the choice he made: Now… I am even more convinced of the correctness of my decision made twenty-five years ago. I can firmly state this, reflecting on everything that has happened in my fate...