In fiction, scouts are called fighters of the invisible front. Alexander Demyanov began to cooperate with the Soviet counterintelligence agencies in the pre-war era. During the war he participated in special operations to misinform the enemy.
Starting conditions
The names of scouts very often remain unknown. In the best case, a wide circle of people interested in this topic can find out the operational alias of a secret agent. Alexander Petrovich Demyanov worked for Soviet intelligence on ethical motives. He believed that you can not stay away from the fight when there is a battle with a dangerous and powerful opponent. The future state security officer was born in the autumn of 1910 in a noble family. Parents at that time lived in St. Petersburg. Father, a native of the Cossacks, served in artillery. Mother at one time graduated from the famous Bestuzhev courses.
When the First World War began, his father went to the front and died in a hospital from a serious injury. As a child, Demyanov experienced all the hardships and hardships of the Civil War. In order not to die of hunger, the mother and Alexander moved to relatives in the city of Anapa. They managed to return to the city on the Neva only in the mid-20s. The young man was educated at the Polytechnic Institute and worked as an electrician. In 1929, he was arrested on a false denunciation. After some time, Demyanov, fluent in the German language, agreed to tacit cooperation with state security agencies.
Double agent
In the early 30s, Demyanov was transferred to Moscow. He began working in the Glavkinoprokat trust, and his wife was an assistant director at Mosfilm. Actors, journalists, diplomats and other representatives of the Soviet elite regularly gathered in their house. Often looked in and foreigners. Alexander watched how certain cultural figures live, but most importantly, he made useful contacts with citizens from Germany. This was the main task. After some time, agents of German intelligence became interested in his persona.
During the Great Patriotic War, Demyanov actively participated in the operation "Monastery". He had to cross the front line twice in order to gain confidence with the German intelligence service Abwehr. Here he was given the pseudonym "Max." In turn, on the Soviet side he was called the Heine. The operational creativity of the double agent brought good results. The German command received false information about the concentration of Soviet troops in the Rzhev region. But in fact, the blow was dealt near Stalingrad.
