"My countryman - Pavel Fitin." For several months, in several regions of the Urals, creative competition among schoolchildren in honor of the 100th anniversary of the security agencies of Russia and the 110th anniversary of the birth of the head of Soviet foreign intelligence during the Great Patriotic War P.M. Fitina. The competition was organized by the Foreign Intelligence Service Russian Federation, Coordinating Bureau of the Council of Veterans of Security Agencies in the Ural Federal District, together with the non-profit organization "Military Sports Fund-Ural".
About 950 works of schoolchildren from five regions of the Ural federal district took part in the creative competition in three nominations. The jury of the competition awarded several first places at once. Other works, as well as the most active educational establishments honored with letters of thanks from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. Among them is a resident of the Southern Urals: Elizaveta Galyatkina, an 8th grade student from the Ust-Katavsky urban district of the Chelyabinsk region. As the main prize, Elizabeth received the opportunity to travel to Moscow to participate on October 10, 2017 in the grand opening ceremony of the monument to P.M. Fitin, which will be held by the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin.
Our competition is dedicated to Pavel Fitin. Although this is not a big yet, but a very significant step in the study of the life and exploits of our great fellow countrymen. I hope that participation in this competition will become for you a kind of springboard for immersion in research work, in the study of the heritage of our region. Good luck and thank you very much for your research activities, - Alexander Kuznetsov, Minister of Education and Science of the Chelyabinsk Region, addressed the participants.
Pavel Fitin became head of Soviet intelligence at the age of 31 and held this position until the age of 39. And all the years of the Great Patriotic War, - says the Moscow writer Alexander Bondarenko. - Outstanding organizational abilities of Fitin manifested themselves during the war years. Leading foreign intelligence, he made great efforts to provide the country's leadership with information about the plans German command, information about the possibility of opening a "second front". Intelligence received a plan for a German attack on Kursk Bulge, which allowed the Red Army to correctly distribute forces on the fronts and deliver crushing blows. Information was obtained about separate negotiations between the Americans and the Nazis in Switzerland, "radio games" were conducted, assistance was provided partisan movement. The service led by Fitin made an invaluable contribution to the creation of nuclear weapons in the USSR.
By the way, we met with the Moscow writer Alexander Bondarenko in Chelyabinsk, when they were shooting a documentary television film about the three titans of Soviet intelligence, natives of the Urals. Among them was Pavel Fitin.
For reference: Pavel Mikhailovich Fitin, lieutenant general, head of the foreign intelligence of the USSR, was born on December 15, 1907 in the village of Ozhogino, Shatrovsky district Kurgan region. Fitin got into foreign intelligence in 1938, in a year, having made a dizzying career, he was appointed deputy head of the foreign intelligence department. From 1939 to 1946, Pavel Fitin headed the foreign intelligence of the USSR state security agencies. Lieutenant General Fitin was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner, Orders of the Red Star, medals: "For Military Merit", "For the Defense of Moscow", "For the Defense of the Caucasus", "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Responsible War of 1941-1945." , "For the victory over Japan", the badge "Honorary State Security Officer", as well as a number of other awards. He died on December 24, 1971.
Sergey Belkovsky, photo from open sources
In honor of 100th anniversary Russian security agencies and 110th anniversary from the birthday of the head of Soviet foreign intelligence in the years great war Pavel Fitin held a competition "My Countryman - Pavel Fitin" with the aim of patriotic education the rising generation. Acceptance of works is carried out by the organizer of the event - the Military Sports Fund "Ural" until September 20.
Picturesque works made on any material and in any technique, in color and black and white;
Literary works in the genres: poetry, prose, journalism;
Computer presentation.
Winners who take prizes are awarded with diplomas and valuable prizes from the organizers. The first three absolute winners are awarded with a trip to Moscow to participate in a rally with the right of solemn speech on the occasion of the opening of a monumental composition - a monument to the head of Soviet foreign intelligence during the Great War, Pavel Fitin. The rally will take place on October 5 at the Press Bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.
Reference:
Pavel Mikhailovich Fitin was born on December 28, 1907 in the village of Ozhogino, Kurgan Region. In 1920, after graduating elementary school worked in an agricultural commune in his native village, here he joined the Komsomol. After graduation high school in 1928 he entered the engineering faculty of the Agricultural Academy. Timiryazev, who graduated in 1932.
In 1932-1934 he was the head of the editorial office of the Selkhozgiz publishing house.
In 1934-1935 he served in the Red Army. After demobilization, he worked again until 1938 in the same publishing house as deputy editor-in-chief.
In March 1938, he was sent by party recruitment to study at high school NKVD. After completing special accelerated courses in November of the same year, he was sent as an intern to the 5th department of the GUGB of the NKVD of the USSR.
Due to an acute shortage of intelligence personnel, at the end of the same year, Fitin was appointed deputy head of the department, and in 1939 he headed the foreign intelligence of the state security agencies. He worked as head of foreign intelligence until 1946.
In the prewar period, receiving information from residency sources abroad that Germany was preparing to attack the USSR, Pavel Mikhailovich sent over a hundred intelligence reports to Stalin. From them it followed that the war was on the threshold, and it was necessary to take urgent measures to strengthen the country's defense capability.
Heading foreign intelligence during the war years, Commissar of State Security 3rd rank Fitin did everything in his power to provide the political leadership of the country with reliable political information about the strategic plans of the German command, information about the prospects for opening a "second front" in Europe, documentary materials about plans of the allies of the USSR in the anti-Hitler coalition in the post-war period.
In particular, in 1943, a plan of the German offensive on the Kursk salient intercepted by the British intelligence agency was received from the London residency of Soviet intelligence, which allowed the leadership of the USSR to take the necessary countermeasures and defeat the enemy.
In 1946, Fitin was sent as a deputy commissioner of the MGB to Germany, where he remained until 1947. Then he is appointed to the post of deputy head of the state security department for the Sverdlovsk region.
In 1951 he was appointed Minister of State Security of the Kazakh SSR.
From March to July 1953, Mikhail Fitin served as head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Sverdlovsk Region.
For great services in ensuring the state security of our country, Lieutenant General Fitin was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Red Banner of Tuva, many medals, as well as the badge "Honored Worker of the NKVD".
Nevertheless, in November 1953, P. M. Fitin was fired from the security agencies due to service inconsistency, even without a pension, since he did not have the necessary length of service.
Pavel Mikhailovich Fitin died on December 24, 1971 in Moscow. He was buried in Moscow at the Vvedensky cemetery.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the security agencies of Russia and the 110th anniversary of the birth of the head of Soviet foreign intelligence during the Great War, Pavel Fitin, a competition is being held with the aim of patriotic education of the younger generation. Acceptance of works is carried out by the organizer of the event - the Military Sports Fund "Ural" until September 20.
Picturesque works made on any material and in any technique, in color and black and white;
Literary works in the genres: poetry, prose, journalism;
Computer presentation.
Artwork must be sent by September 20 to email: [email protected] with the subject of the letter "To the contest".
Winners who take prizes are awarded with diplomas and valuable prizes from the organizers. The first three absolute winners are awarded with a trip to Moscow to participate in a rally with the right of solemn speech on the occasion of the opening of a monumental composition - a monument to the head of Soviet foreign intelligence during the Great War, Pavel Fitin. The rally will take place on October 5 at the Press Bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.
Regulations on the competition and the accompanying questionnaire can be downloaded
Reference:
Pavel Mikhailovich Fitin was born on December 28, 1907 in the village of Ozhogino, Kurgan Region. In 1920, after graduating from elementary school, he worked in an agricultural commune in his native village, and here he joined the Komsomol. After graduating from high school in 1928, he entered the engineering faculty of the Agricultural Academy. Timiryazev, who graduated in 1932.
In 1932-1934 he was the head of the editorial office of the Selkhozgiz publishing house.
In 1934-1935 he served in the Red Army. After demobilization, he worked again until 1938 in the same publishing house as deputy editor-in-chief.
In March 1938, he was sent by party recruitment to study at the higher school of the NKVD. After completing special accelerated courses in November of the same year, he was sent as an intern to the 5th department of the GUGB of the NKVD of the USSR.
Due to an acute shortage of intelligence personnel, at the end of the same year, Fitin was appointed deputy head of the department, and in 1939 he headed the foreign intelligence of the state security agencies. He worked as head of foreign intelligence until 1946.
In the prewar period, receiving information from residency sources abroad that Germany was preparing to attack the USSR, Pavel Mikhailovich sent over a hundred intelligence reports to Stalin. From them it followed that the war was on the threshold, and it was necessary to take urgent measures to strengthen the country's defense capability.
Heading foreign intelligence during the war years, Commissar of State Security 3rd rank Fitin did everything in his power to provide the political leadership of the country with reliable political information about the strategic plans of the German command, information about the prospects for opening a "second front" in Europe, documentary materials about plans of the allies of the USSR in the anti-Hitler coalition in the post-war period.
In particular, in 1943, a plan of the German offensive on the Kursk salient intercepted by the British intelligence agency was received from the London residency of Soviet intelligence, which allowed the leadership of the USSR to take the necessary countermeasures and defeat the enemy.
In 1946, Fitin was sent as a deputy commissioner of the MGB to Germany, where he remained until 1947. Then he is appointed to the post of deputy head of the state security department for the Sverdlovsk region.
In 1951 he was appointed Minister of State Security of the Kazakh SSR.
From March to July 1953, Mikhail Fitin served as head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Sverdlovsk region.
For great services in ensuring the state security of our country, Lieutenant General Fitin was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Red Banner of Tuva, many medals, as well as the badge "Honored Worker of the NKVD".
Nevertheless, in November 1953, P. M. Fitin was fired from the security agencies due to service inconsistency, even without a pension, since he did not have the necessary length of service.
Pavel Mikhailovich Fitin died on December 24, 1971 in Moscow. He was buried in Moscow at the Vvedensky cemetery.