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Title: Nezrimoe prisutstvie typescript
Date: approximately 1995
Collection Number: 2018C42
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 1 optical disk
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Includes Shlykov's memoir, prepared for publication, but never published. Also includes an earlier draft version of the memoir
and a version of the memoir on optical disk. In the memoir, Shlykov describes his arrest in Switzerland in 1983, where he
was jailed for a number of years for espionage. He returned to the USSR after his release in 1984, and continued to work as
an analyst for the GRU (Glavnoe razvedyvatelʹnoe upravlenie), specializing in the military-industrial complexes of NATO countries.
Creator:
Shlykov, Vitaly V.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2018.
[Identification of item], Nezrimoe prisutstvie typescript, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Vitalliĭ (Vitaly) Shlykov was a Soviet military intelligence agent for the GRU (Glavnoe razvedyvatelʹnoe upravlenie); he
operated abroad for most of his career.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection is composed of Vitaly V. Shlykov's memoirs, prepared for publication, but never published. There are two versions:
one contains drafts of individual episodes, later transformed into a fuller draft. Shlykov describes his arrest in Switzerland
in 1983, where he was jailed for a number of years for espionage. He returned to the USSR after his release in 1984, and continued
to work as an analyst for the GRU, specializing in the military-industrial complexes of NATO countries. The typescript itself
is unfinished and undated, although the last events the author describes relate to 1992 (as well as a footnote to a 1995 publication).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Espionage, Russian
Political crimes and offenses
Typescripts
Autobiographies
Soviet Union. Glavnoe razvedyvatelʹnoe upravlenie