Background
Smakha, Mikhail was born on August 27, 1938.
Smakha, Mikhail was born on August 27, 1938.
Ukrainian. Honoured Master of Sports (track and field athletics). Many times USSR and Ukrainian champion. Bronze medal-winner at the XIXth Olympic Games.
1947-1986. Diplomat, security officer. Soviet security officer working as a diplomat in Portugal in the 1970s.
Arrested, tried in secret, and probably shot. As far as is known, accused of revealing the Soviet spy network in Portugal to the CIA. His wife Natalia, who was arrested with him, was sentenced to 5 years in the Gulag.