Yuri Drozdov (general)

Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov (Russian: Юрий Иванович Дроздов; 19 September 1925, Minsk – 21 June 2017, Moscow) was a high level Soviet and Russian security official. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin (1981). He oversaw the KGB's Illegals Program from 1979 to 1991. Drozdov led Special Operation Storm-333, which started the Soviet–Afghan War.

Yuri Drozdov (general)

Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov (Russian: Юрий Иванович Дроздов; 19 September 1925, Minsk – 21 June 2017, Moscow) was a high level Soviet and Russian security official. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin (1981). He oversaw the KGB's Illegals Program from 1979 to 1991. Drozdov led Special Operation Storm-333, which started the Soviet–Afghan War.