Monument to the Soviet spy Richard Sorge in Moscow, Russia

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Richard Sorge (October 4, 1895 - November 7, 1944) was a spy who worked for the Soviet Union. He has gained great fame among espionage enthusiasts for his intelligence gathering during World War II. He worked as a journalist in both Germany and Japan, where he was imprisoned for spying and eventually hanged. His GRU codename was "Ramsay". He is widely regarded as one of the best-known Soviet intelligence officers of the Second World War, according to Phillip Knightley, the author of The Second Oldest Profession (1986).

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Monument to Richard Sorge, Ulitsa Sorge, Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Eastern Europe, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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