Gevork Andreevich Vartanian (Russian: Гево́рк Андре́евич Вартаня́н; Armenian: Գևորգ Անդրեևիչ Վարդանյան; February 17, 1924 – January 10, 2012) was a Soviet intelligence agent during World War II through the 1990s when he retired.
He was instrumental in preventing the assassination of Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt during the Tehran Conference in 1943
In 2007 Churchill's granddaughter Celia Sandys met Vartanyan in Moscow. At the meeting Vartanyan raised a glass of Armenian brandy to "The great troika — Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt", adding: "It is thanks to them that we live in peace today." He said that Stalin had sent Armenian brandy to Churchill "By the case".
He was instrumental in preventing the assassination of Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt during the Tehran Conference in 1943
In 2007 Churchill's granddaughter Celia Sandys met Vartanyan in Moscow. At the meeting Vartanyan raised a glass of Armenian brandy to "The great troika — Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt", adding: "It is thanks to them that we live in peace today." He said that Stalin had sent Armenian brandy to Churchill "By the case".
Gevork Andreevich Vartanian (Russian: Гево́рк Андре́евич Вартаня́н; Armenian: Գևորգ Անդրեևիչ Վարդանյան; February 17, 1924 – January 10, 2012) was a Soviet intelligence agent during World War II through the 1990s when he retired.
He was instrumental in preventing the assassination of Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt during the Tehran Conference in 1943
In 2007 Churchill's granddaughter Celia Sandys met Vartanyan in Moscow. At the meeting Vartanyan raised a glass of Armenian brandy to "The great troika — Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt", adding: "It is thanks to them that we live in peace today." He said that Stalin had sent Armenian brandy to Churchill "By the case".
He was instrumental in preventing the assassination of Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt during the Tehran Conference in 1943
In 2007 Churchill's granddaughter Celia Sandys met Vartanyan in Moscow. At the meeting Vartanyan raised a glass of Armenian brandy to "The great troika — Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt", adding: "It is thanks to them that we live in peace today." He said that Stalin had sent Armenian brandy to Churchill "By the case".
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