About the book: 2015 / The book tells about the bright and amazing fate of Lieutenant General Pavel Mikhailovich Fitin (1907-1971), head of Soviet foreign intelligence in 1939-1946 . At that time, our intelligence officers managed to find out the date of Nazi Germany’s attack on the USSR, plans for the main operations and the direction of the main attacks of the Wehrmacht, seize the secrets of nuclear weapons, establish working contacts with Western intelligence services, ensure meetings of the leaders of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition and stop separate negotiations of our Anglo-American allies with representatives of Germany. Under Fitin, those glorious traditions were laid that today successfully continue in the activities of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. The book, based on documentary materials - some of them are published for the first time - reveals many secrets of the then top leadership of the country, foreign policy and intelligence services, and also exposes some widely common legends and established misconceptions. This is the first book telling about the life and professional activities of the youngest head of Soviet intelligence, who, through no fault of his own, found himself undeservedly forgotten.