The repressions that swept our country in the late 1930s caused enormous damage to Soviet foreign intelligence and seriously undermined its successful activities in previous years. The arrests affected not only the heads of foreign intelligence, but also many leading intelligence officers. As a result, almost all illegal stations were liquidated and connections with valuable sources of information were lost, which had a very serious impact on the state security of the country. The book tells about the most prominent intelligence officers who fell victims of unjustified repression. At the same time, a separate chapter provides brief biographical information on their colleagues, who also became victims of the “Great Terror.” The contents of the book are based on declassified archival materials of the SVR and the Hall of Foreign Intelligence History...