- The exhibition “Every word is a shell” opened
- To selflessly defend the Motherland: to the 100th anniversary of the birth of General V. I. Demidov
- In the Museum opened the exhibition “Politics and music”
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- The museum held a lecture on the 150th anniversary of Matilda Kshesinskaya
- Museum opened the exhibition “The sketch of an epoch”
- The exhibition “Street Children. Waifs of the 1920s” opened at the museum
- The exhibition “The experiment that changed the world” opened on November 7
- An exhibition «Without the Right to Glory, for the Glory of the State» opened at the museum’s branch
- The award ceremony for the «Human Rights 2022» contest was held on December 9
- The exhibition «Always be ready» opened
- Museum hosted the conference on 100th anniversary of illegal intelligence
- The exhibition “The Word Belongs to the President of the Council of Ministers!”
- The exhibition “The Petrograd Process”
- The exhibition “Who are you, Alexandra Kollontai?” opened
- The exhibition “The Folk Talent Factory” opened
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To selflessly defend the Motherland: to the 100th anniversary of the birth of General V. I. Demidov
The exhibition “To selflessly defend the Motherland: to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Major-General of State Security V. I. Demidov” is open in the museum.
Victor Ivanovich Demidov was born on November 27, 1922 in the village of New Stashino Kashinsky District, Tver province. In 1925 the family moved to Leningrad. Demidov lived in the city of the Neva for more than 50 years, considered himself a Leningrad citizen.
During the Great Patriotic War, he fought near Peterhof and then in Kronstadt, first as a gunner and then commander of the 3rd gun of the 539th battery of the 59th Division of the 2nd anti-aircraft artillery regiment. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star.
In 1948 Demidov joined the Leningrad department of the Ministry of State Security, where he worked for 25 years. He worked his way up from operative commissioner to the 1st deputy head of the Directorate. He was responsible for counterintelligence work. In the mid-1960s, on Victor Ivanovich Demidov’s initiative, the Leningrad Province Department of State Security, together with the Center, organized an operational game with U.S. intelligence which successfully continued for several decades.
In 1973 Demidov was appointed head of the Department of the State Security Committee for the Irkutsk region. In this position he paid great attention to the development of measures to prevent possible hijackings and hijackings of aircraft.
In 1980-1981 he served as a deputy head of the counterintelligence mission of the KGB to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish People`s Republic. In March 1982, Victor Ivanovich Demidov was transferred to the reserve, and in November 1982, at the age of 60, he retired.
From 1982 to 1991. Victor Ivanovich worked as a researcher and then as a senior researcher at the Research Department of the Higher School of the KGB of the USSR. He was the compiler, editor and author of several articles of the Counterintelligence Dictionary. The idea to prepare a collection of “The chekists in the Battle of Stalingrad” belonged to him, the first part of which includes documentary material, and the second - memoirs and sketches of the battle participants.
Victor Ivanovich Demidov died in 2003.
Victor Ivanovich Demidov was born on November 27, 1922 in the village of New Stashino Kashinsky District, Tver province. In 1925 the family moved to Leningrad. Demidov lived in the city of the Neva for more than 50 years, considered himself a Leningrad citizen.
During the Great Patriotic War, he fought near Peterhof and then in Kronstadt, first as a gunner and then commander of the 3rd gun of the 539th battery of the 59th Division of the 2nd anti-aircraft artillery regiment. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star.
In 1948 Demidov joined the Leningrad department of the Ministry of State Security, where he worked for 25 years. He worked his way up from operative commissioner to the 1st deputy head of the Directorate. He was responsible for counterintelligence work. In the mid-1960s, on Victor Ivanovich Demidov’s initiative, the Leningrad Province Department of State Security, together with the Center, organized an operational game with U.S. intelligence which successfully continued for several decades.
In 1973 Demidov was appointed head of the Department of the State Security Committee for the Irkutsk region. In this position he paid great attention to the development of measures to prevent possible hijackings and hijackings of aircraft.
In 1980-1981 he served as a deputy head of the counterintelligence mission of the KGB to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish People`s Republic. In March 1982, Victor Ivanovich Demidov was transferred to the reserve, and in November 1982, at the age of 60, he retired.
From 1982 to 1991. Victor Ivanovich worked as a researcher and then as a senior researcher at the Research Department of the Higher School of the KGB of the USSR. He was the compiler, editor and author of several articles of the Counterintelligence Dictionary. The idea to prepare a collection of “The chekists in the Battle of Stalingrad” belonged to him, the first part of which includes documentary material, and the second - memoirs and sketches of the battle participants.
Victor Ivanovich Demidov died in 2003.
