Nicholas George Shadrin, born Nikolai Fedorovich Artamonov (1922 – December 1975), was a Soviet naval officer serving in

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who defected to the

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in 1959.

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Shadrin was born in the

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in 1922. After joining the Soviet Navy he received advanced training in nuclear missiles, and at the age of 27 became the youngest destroyer captain in the fleet. Center for the Study of Intelligence (1995),
Of Moles and Molehunters: A Review of Counterintelligence Literature, 1977-92
', DIANE Publishing, p30 Stationed in

in 1959, he fell in love with a Polish woman, Ewa Gora. With Navy restrictions and Gora's family's

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making marriage impossible, the two defected by commandeering a naval launch to Sweden. The

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then brought Shadrin and Gora to the

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. Shadrin's information proved particularly useful to the

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. Working with the ONI under new identities, Shadrin gained an MA and PhD in engineering, and Gora opened a dental practice. Later, with ONI unable to gain Shadrin higher level security clearances, he was assigned to translation in the

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. Shadrin was engaged in various counter-intelligence assignments during the

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after being approached by the

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in 1966. He disappeared on assignment in

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in December 1975, apparently kidnapped by KGB agents. Later,

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stated that Shadrin had died an accidental death during the kidnapping, apparently of a heart attack. According to former CIA counterintelligence officer Tennent H. Bagley,

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warned Shadrin's American handlers, CIA officer Bruce Solie and FBI agent Elbert Turner, to not let him travel out of the United States, but they disregarded his warning and let Shadrin go to

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to meet with the KGB, and then let him travel to

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to meet again with his ostensible KGB recruiter, Igor Kochnov

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*http://www.mitchellspublications.com/ur/loc/hurth/sha/index.htm *http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/21/spotlight/ * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shadrin, Nicholas 1922 births 1975 deaths American spies against the Soviet Union Soviet Navy officers Soviet defectors to the United States People of the Defense Intelligence Agency People of the Office of Naval Intelligence People sentenced to death in absentia by the Soviet Union People killed in KGB operations

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