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Iskhak Akhmerov (Iskhak Abdulovich Akhmerov) was born on 7 April, 1901 in Troitsk, Russian Empire, is a Soviet security officer. Discover Iskhak Akhmerov's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?
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Iskhak Abdulovich Akhmerov |
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75 years old |
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7 April 1901 |
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7 April |
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Troitsk, Russian Empire |
Date of death |
1976 |
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Moscow, USSR |
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Russia
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Who Is Iskhak Akhmerov's Wife?
His wife is Helen Lowry (AKA "Elza Akhmerova")
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Iskhak Akhmerov Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Iskhak Akhmerov worth at the age of 75 years old? Iskhak Akhmerov’s income source is mostly from being a successful officer. He is from Russia. We have estimated Iskhak Akhmerov's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Iskhak Abdulovich Akhmerov (Исха́к Абду́лович Ахме́ров, Исхак Габдулла улы Әхмәров) (1901–1976) was a highly decorated OGPU/NKVD (KGB) Soviet security officer, best known to historians for his role in KGB operations in the United States 1942–1945.
He joined the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1919, and attended the Communist University of the Toilers of the East and the First State University, where he graduated from the School of International Relations in 1930.
Akhmerov joined the OGPU/NKVD in 1930 and participated in the suppression of anti-Soviet movements in the USSR's Bukhara Republic between 1930 and 1931.
In 1932, Akhmerov transferred to the foreign intelligence division ("INO") of the NKVD and served as a 'legal' intelligence officer under diplomatic cover in Turkey.
In 1934, he transferred to China, where he served as an "illegal" field officer.
Hede Massing describes a Soviet rezident in the United States named "Bill Grinke," "Bill," and "Walter Grinke," whom she describes as a "pedestrian" man, looking about 40 years old, who took her on from Valentin Markin at the end of 1934.
When Massing reported her encounters with Noel Field, she was reporting to "Bill": she had met Field through Daily Worker journalist Marguerite Young.
In 1935, he entered the United States with false identity papers.
He recruited agents in the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Treasury, and U.S. intelligence services.
By "May or June 1935," another rezident named "Fred" had taken over from "Bill," at which point she began to "develop" Field.
In January or February 1937, just before Ignace Reiss defected from the Soviet underground, Massing received an assignment to spy on Ludwig Lore, and "Bill" resumed her management.
Scholar Raymond W. Raymond stated that "Walter Grinke" was known to Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley as "Bill" – and that he worked for Amtorg.
Akhmerov spoke Turkish, English and French.
He married Helen Lowry (AKA "Elza Akhmerova"), a niece of the CPUSA General Secretary Earl Browder and who also worked for Soviet intelligence.
She was also a "full partner" in his espionage.
In 1939, he was transferred back to the Soviet Union.
By 1942, Akhmerov had become chief illegal resident in the United States during World War II.
Places he likely lived during that time include New York City and Baltimore.
According to Pavel Sudoplatov, Akhmerov ran one of five spy rings targeting the United States for atomic bomb secrets.
The Akhmerov led ring targeted United States Communist Party members for the Kremlin's needs.
His name appears in the Venona decryptions over fifty times, often as signatory, and on his return to the Soviet Union in 1945/46, he rose to deputy chief of the KGB's 'illegal' intelligence section.
In 1945, Akhmerov returned again to the Soviet Union to become deputy chief of the KGB's 'illegal' intelligence section (отдел нелегальной разведки).
He attained the rank of colonel.
Akhmerov is known to have used the cover names "William Grienke", "Michael Green", "Michael Adamec", and several others while in the United States.
His code names in the Venona project decrypts of Soviet intelligence messages are MAYOR and ALBERT.
Akhmerov received the Order of the Red Banner twice, the Order of the Badge of Honor, and the badge of Honored Chekist.
(NOTE: Many details from Haynes and Klehr's Venona come from Veterany Vneshnei Razvedki Rossii [Moscow: Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, 1995], which forms the basis of their profile of him in their book's Appendix E. )
Akhmerov was born in Troitsk, located in modern Chelyabinsk Oblast, and came from a Tatar background.
On April 7, 2011, a memorial plaque was unveiled in honor of the 110th anniversary of Akhmerov's birth.
On April 16, 2015, a monument for Akhmerov was unveiled at the Scarlet Field in Chelyabinsk.
A monument to him and his wife was created in Tatarstan By the artist Rim Akchurin that features the Brooklyn Bridge, symbolizing his espionage work in New York, as well as the kremlins of Moscow and Kazan.
As chief of KGB in the US during WWII, Akhmerov's name appears on many decrypted Venona documents, as does his wife.
During WWII, he served as one of three major contacts for comrade Vasily Zarubin.
Cables also mention the Silvermaster group under Nathan Gregory Silvermaster.