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Iosif Grigulevich
Iosif Romualdovich Grigulevich (IOSIF ROMUALDOVICH GRIGULEVICH), also known with a pseudonym as Iosif Lavretzky (LAVRETSKII), (May 5 1913 June 2 1988) was one of the most remarkable Soviet illegal operatives (an agent without diplomatic cover) from the 1930s to 1950s. He took a leading role in assassinating leftists who were not loyal to Joseph Stalin, such as anarchists, real and alleged Trotskyists, etc. in the period leading up to and during the Spanish Civil War. He was also instrumental in Leon Trotsky's assassination in 1940 and planned to murder Josip Broz Tito.
Grigulevich was of Lithuanian karaim ethnicity and was ...
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