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Soviet spy radio sets
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, abbreviated USSR, commonly known as
Soviet Union, was a Marxist-Leninist federation of states on the Eurasian
continent that existed between 1922 and 1991. It was controlled by the
Russian Communist Party, with Moscow (Russia) as its capital.
The end of WWII marked the start of the
Cold War; a period of political, economic and military
tension between East and West, seperated by the
Iron Curtain.
It was a period in which many eavesdropping
and spy radio sets
were developed. As the leading nation of the Warsaw Pact,
Russia – or in fact the Soviet Union (USSR) – developed a wide range of
clandestine radios.
The radios were developed for secret
intelligence services like
KGB, GRU, SVR and later also the FSB.
They were also used by the Special Forces (SF) of the Soviet Army, such as
the Spetsnaz.
KGB, SVR and GRU issued the radios to spies and agents
in the West, allowing them to contact their homebase (Centre) in case of an
emergency. The radio was sometimes hidden in or near the agent's house,
but more commonly in a secret underground cache at an abandonned location.
Such caches were established in many Western countries.
Typical Hotspots of Soviet spying activities, were cities like
Berlin (Germany), Vienna (Austria) and Brussels (Belgium)
[1].
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Soviet spy radio sets on this website
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Known USSR spy radio sets
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Below is an overview of all Russian spy radio sets known to date.
Only the radios listed above, are covered on this website, but
we would be very happy to add more to our collection. If you have any
information, corrections or additions for the items listed below,
please contact us.
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