The 44 Non-Soviet Heroes Of The Soviet Union.

[Taz]

Wasn't Azerbeijan the part of imerial Russia at that time?

But he was German citizen at the same time, right?
Doubble citizenship does not count, aye?
:)

That's strange - they considered him valuable because of his knowledge of USSR and did not manage to find out that he was a member of communist party????? does not sound good to me....

Al,

That's right Azerbeijan became part of the USSR in 1936.

Not sure about his double citizenship. after reading a few articles about him none of them state for certain what nationality he really was.

But in the 1st WW he was severely wounded in March 1916 when shrapnel broke both his legs, giving him a lifelong disability.
He was promoted to Corporal, received an Iron Cross for Bravery and an honorable discharge from the German army.
He first adopted the Communist ideology during his convalescence when he read Marx.

In 1920 he graduated with a Ph.D. in political science and joined the KPD, the German communist party. His political views, however, got him fired from both a teaching job and coal mining work. He then fled to Moscow where he became a junior agent for Comintern.


Eddie.