Алексей Ботян

Pochti vsi͡a biografii͡a polkovnika vneshneĭ razvedki Aleksei͡a Nikolaevicha Boti͡ana (1917-2020) skryta pod grifom 'Sovershenno sekretno', no i togo nemnogogo, chto my o nëm znaem, khvatilo by na neskolʹko ostrosi͡uzhetnykh knig.On vstupil vo Vtorui͡u mirovui͡u voĭnu 1 senti͡abri͡a 1939 goda i v pervye dni voĭny sbil tri 'i͡unkersa'. Vo vremi͡a Velikoĭ Otechestvennoĭ on voeval za linieĭ fronta v sostave operativnoĭ gruppy NKVD 'Olimp', prinimal uchastie vo mnogikh derzkikh operat͡sii͡akh protiv gitlerovskikh voĭsk i banditskogo podpolʹi͡a na Zapadnoĭ Ukraine. On takzhe vzorval Ovruchskiĭ gebitskomissariat v senti͡abre 1943 goda i spas ot razrushenii͡a Krakov v i͡anvare 1945-go, za chto dvazhdy byl predstavlen k zvanii͡u Geroi͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza, no tolʹko v 2007 godu poluchil Zolotui͡u Zvezdu Geroi͡a Rossii.Posle voĭny on v kachestve razvedchika-nelegala rabotal v Evrope, a zatem prinimal aktivnoe uchastie v podgotovke voistinu vsemogushchikh boĭt͡sov legendarnoĭ Gruppy spet͡sialʹnogo naznachenii͡a 'Vympel'.

Almost the entire biography of Foreign intelligence Colonel Alexey Nikolaevich Botyan (1917-2020) is hidden under the heading "Top Secret", but the little that we know about him would be enough for several action-packed books.He entered World War II on 1 September 1939 and shot down three Junkers in the first days of the war. During the Great Patriotic War, he fought behind the front line as part of the NKVD task force "Olymp", took part in many daring operations against Hitler's troops and the gangster underground in Western Ukraine. He also blew up the Ovruch Gebitskommissariat in September 1943 and saved Krakow from destruction in January 1945, for which he was twice presented with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but only in 2007 received the Gold Star of Hero of Russia.After the war, he worked as an illegal scout in Europe, and then took an active part in the training of truly all-powerful fighters of the legendary Special Forces Group "Vympel".