Richard Sorge
1895 – 1944 · aged 49
Soviet spy in Germany and Japan (1895－1944)
- Born
- 4 Oct 1895 · Sabunchu raion
- Died
- 7 Nov 1944 · Sugamo Prison
Life timeline
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- 4 Oct 1895BornBorn in Sabunchu raion
- 1914 – 1918WarWorld War I
- 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
- 7 Nov 1944DiedDied in Sugamo Prison
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1895 – 1944).
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
Biography
Richard Gustavovich Sorge (Russian: Рихард Густавович Зорге, romanized: Rikhard Gustavovich Zorge; 4 October 1895 – 7 November 1944) was a German journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during World War II and worked undercover as a German journalist in both Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. His codename was "Ramsay" (Рамза́й).
Sorge is known for his service in Japan in 1940 and 1941, when he provided information about Adolf Hitler's plan to attack the Soviet Union. Then, in mid-September 1941, he informed the Soviets that Japan would not attack the Soviet Union in the near future. A month later, Sorge was arrested in Japan for espionage. He was subsequently tortured, forced to confess, tried, and eventually hanged in November 1944.
He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1964.
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