The Soviet Country. Forgotten Leaders

Victor Abakumov (1x4)

Air date: May 21, 2017

The creator of the legendary SMERSH, the hero of the Great Patriotic War, who managed to defeat the powerful intelligence of those years - the German Abwehr. In 1951 he was arrested. Three years later, he was charged with treason and sentenced to capital punishment. In 1994, the charges against Abakumov were dropped, but his personal file remains classified to this day.