Georges Agabekov
Georges S. Agabekov | |
|---|---|
| Born | Grigoriĭ Sergeevich Arutyunov 1896 |
| Died | August 1937 (aged 41-42) Pyrenees Mountains |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Citizenship | Russian (before 1922), Soviet (after 1922), defected while he served the OGPU in France (1930) |
| Education | Tashkent Praporshchik |
| Occupation(s) | soldier, spy |
| Years active | 1914–1937 |
| Employer | Comintern |
| Organization(s) | Cheka, OGPU |
| Known for | espionage |
| Notable work | OGPU (1930) |
Georges Sergeevich Agabekov (original family name Arutyunov; Russian: Георгий Серге́евич Агабеков, transliteration Georgiĭ Sergeevich Agabekov) (1896–1937) was a Soviet Red Army soldier, Chekist, OGPU agent and Chief of OGPU Eastern Section (1928–1929).
The first senior OGPU officer to defect to the West (1930), he wrote revelatory books, which led to massive arrests of Soviet intelligence assets across the Near East and Central Asia.