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INDEX
Abakumov, Victor, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Abel, Rudolf, Ref1
Abwehr, Ref1
Akhmatova, Anna, Ref1
Alenka, Ref1
“Alexander S. Gallas.” See Bystrolyotov, aliases and covers
Alexandrovsky, Ref1, Ref2
Alfonso XIII (king of Spain), Ref1
Amdur, Zalman, Ref1
American Red Cross, Ref1, Ref2
ANDREI. See Bystrolyotov, code names
Antonescu, Victor, Ref1
ARNO. See Oldham, Ernest Holloway
ARTEM. See Berman, Boris
Artuzov, Artur Khristyanovich: arrest and execution of, Ref1
Bystrolyotov and, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
career and link to photo of, Ref1, Ref2
Assai, Ref1
Atatürk (General Mustafa Kemal), Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Aucouturier, Gustave, Ref1
Aucouturier, Marie-Eliane (“Countess Fiorella Imperiali,” code name LAROCHE): Bystrolyotov and, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
family background of, Ref1
life after affair, Ref1
recruitment of, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Balitsky (Vsevolod), Ref1
Baratov, General, Ref1
Barthou, Louis, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Baudelaire, Charles, Ref1, Ref2
Bazarov, Boris (alias “Da Vinci,” code name KIN): arrest of, Ref1
background of, Ref1
in Berlin, Ref1
Bystrolyotov and, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
link to photo of, Ref1
in operations involving: American secrets, Ref1, Ref2
“Monaldi,” Ref1
Müller, Ref1
Oldham, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7
smuggling Italian weaponry, Ref1
“Vivaldi,” Ref1
Berg, Lev Semenovich, Ref1
Beria, Lavrenty, Ref1, Ref2
Berman, Boris (code name ARTEM), Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
Bessedovsky, Gregori, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Blok, Aleksandr, Ref1, Ref2
Blomberg, Werner von, Ref1
Blyukher, Vasily, Ref1, Ref2
Borodin, Mikhail, Ref1, Ref2
Borodin, Norman, Colonel, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
BOY (unidentified British Foreign Offi ce official), Ref1
Brezhnev, Leonid, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Brockdorff-Rantzau, Ulrich Graf von, Ref1, Ref2
Bubu (king of Mbuti), Ref1, Ref2
Bukharin, Nikolai, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Bukovsky, Vladimir, Ref1
Butyrka prison, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7
Bystrolyotov, Dmitri.
abilities and interests:
acting, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7
drawing and painting, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9
language acquisition: Afrikaans, Ref1
Bulgarian, Ref1
Chinese, Ref1
Czech, Ref1, Ref2
Danish, Ref1
Dutch, Ref1
English, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7
Flemish, Ref1
French, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
German, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Italian, Ref1
Japanese, Ref1
Norwegian, Ref1, Ref2
Polish, Ref1
Portuguese, Ref1
Romanian, Ref1
Serbo-Croatian, Ref1
Slovak, Ref1
Spanish, Ref1
Swedish, Ref1
Turkish, Ref1, Ref2
also employed as translator, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8
writing, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11
aliases and covers: American businessman, Ref1
American gangster, Ref1, Ref2
Austrian citizen “Josef Schwerma,” Ref1
Brazilian merchant, Ref1
British lord “Sir Robert Grenville,” Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Dutch artist “Hans Galleni,” Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Greek merchant “Alexander S. Gallas,” Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
Hungarian “Count Lajos József Perelly de Kiralyhaza,” also “Joe Perelly,” Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10, Ref11, Ref12
Swiss businessman, Ref1
Yugoslav worker, Ref1. See also Bystrolyotov, code names
appearance and manners as: old man, Ref1
prisoner, Ref1
young man, Ref1, Ref2
attitude toward spy work as: blind diligence, Ref1
dangerous and heroic, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
foolish involvement, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
morally base but necessary, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
primitive and boring, Ref1
remorseful, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
result of youthful illusions, Ref1
romantic, Ref1
useless, Ref1
code names: ANDREI, Ref1
HANS, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
countries s
pied upon: Austria, Ref1
Belgian Congo, Ref1
Belgium, Ref1
Czechoslovakia, Ref1, Ref2
France, see LAROCHE and “Vivaldi,” Colonel;
Germany, Ref1, see also Müller, Dorothea, and Foster, František;
Great Britain, see Oldham, Ernest Holloway; King, John Herbert, Captain;
and Harvey, John, Captain; Hungary, Ref1
Italy, Ref1, see also ROSSI; Norway, Ref2
Romania, see Titulescu, Florica; United States, Ref1
education: Anapa gymnasium and Nautical School, Ref1, Ref2
art classes at the Academy of the Arts in Berlin and Paris, Ref1
domestic, Ref1
Komensky University in Bratislava, Ref1
Russian gymnasium in Constantinople, Ref1
Russian Law Faculty in Prague, Ref1
Sevastopol Naval Academy, Ref1
Ukrainian Free University in Prague, Ref1
Zurich University medical school, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
life and career: circumstances of birth, Ref1
family background, Ref1
in foster family, Ref1
enrolled into Sevastopol Naval Academy, Ref1
studies in Anapa gymnasium and Anapa Nautical School, Ref1, Ref2
takes part in Russian civil war, Ref1
first escape to Turkey, Ref1
sailor’s job, Ref1
first return to Russia, Ref1
first encounter with Cheka, Ref1
first near-drowning, Ref1
joblessness and illness, Ref1
appointed chief of Anapa Lighthouse, Ref1
second escape to Turkey, Ref1
second near-drowning, Ref1
ship stoker, Ref1
jobless in Constantinople, Ref1
beginning of mental illness, Ref1
in Constantinople gymnasium, Ref1
prolonged depression, Ref1
visits Soviet Trade Mission in Constantinople, Ref1
leaves for Czechoslovakia, Ref1
enrolls in Russian Law Faculty in Prague, Ref1
new bouts of depression, Ref1
second return to Russia, Ref1
joblessness in Russia, Ref1
visits mother in Anapa, Ref1
third escape to Turkey, Ref1
obtains first foreign passport, Ref1
travels to Czechoslovakia, Ref1
visits Soviet Trade Mission, Ref1
meets Isolde Cameron, Ref1
recruited by the Soviet Trade Mission, Ref1
travels to Moscow, Ref1
approved for spy work, Ref1
meets Trilisser, Ref1
begins legal cover spying, Ref1
pursues Isolde Cameron, Ref1
cultivates Aucouturier, Ref1
meets and marries Maria Milena Iolanta Shelmatova, Ref1
recruits Shelmatova, Ref1
recruits Aucouturier, Ref1
spies on Czechoslovakian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ref1
penetrates Russian émigrés’ school for spies, Ref1
graduates as a lawyer, Ref1
setbacks in Prague, Ref1
breaks up with Aucouturier, Ref1
goes underground, Ref1
obtains Greek passport, Ref1
sets up cover firm GADA, Ref1
works with Bazarov, Ref1
wife is arrested, Ref1
begins handling Ernest Oldham, Ref1
hunts for “Rossi,” Ref1
meets Lemoine, Ref1
continues handling Ernest Oldham, Ref1
awarded by the OGPU, Ref1
recruitment of John Herbert King, Ref1
intercepts correspondence between Hitler and Costanzo Ciano, Ref1
seduces Müller, Ref1
recruits František Foster, Ref1
smuggles samples of Italian weaponry, Ref1
obtains list of Nazi sympathizers in France, Ref1
“Vivaldi” affair, Ref1, Ref2
African mission, Ref1
handles Florica Titulescu, Ref1
bouts of depression, Ref1, Ref2
final return to Russia, Ref1
arrested, Ref1
in Butyrka prison, Ref1
tortured at Lefortovo, Ref1, Ref2
enters Gulag, Ref1
volunteers for field work, Ref1
romance with Evenk woman (“Sasha-Masha”), Ref1
illness, Ref1
rejects escaping Gulag, Ref1
undergoes surgery, Ref1
transferred to invalid camp, Ref1
survives attack by mad prisoner, Ref1
wife’s visit, Ref1
wife’s and mother’s deaths, Ref1
works as camp doctor, Ref1
renewed depression, Ref1
romance with Alenka, Ref1
begins writing, Ref1
meets and falls for Ivanova, Ref1
falls ill with pneumonia, Ref1
escorted to Moscow, Ref1
rejects amnesty, Ref1
confined in Sukhanovka, Ref1
health failure, Ref1
returned to camps, Ref1
resumes work as camp doctor, Ref1
suffers from paresis, Ref1
attempts at scientific research, Ref1
banished to Kamyshlag, Ref1
paralysis, Ref1
attempts at suicide, Ref1
released from camps, Ref1
rejoins Ivanova, Ref1
lives in Alexandrov, Ref1
political rehabilitation, Ref1
fights KGB bureaucracy, Ref1
confronts his torturer, Ref1
reunites with Kavetsky, Ref1
Ivanova’s illness, Ref1
translates freelance, Ref1
writes African novel, Ref1
writes camp memoirs, Ref1
fails to publish, Ref1
attracts KGB interest, Ref1
writes “Generous Hearts”
screenplay, Ref1
writes The Plainclothesman screenplay, Ref1
fears rearrest, Ref1
stages burning camp memoirs, Ref1
worsened health and death, Ref1
literary allusions and influences:
Baudelaire, Ref1, Ref2
Bible, Ref1
Blok, Ref1
Chekhov, Ref1, Ref2
Dostoevsky, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4
Goethe, Ref1
Pushkin, Ref1
Schiller, Ref1, Ref2
Verlaine, Ref1
political views of: camp system, Ref1
class-based morality, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Communist ideas and Lenin, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Soviet system, Ref1
Soviet system versus Nazi system, Ref1
psychological underpinning of:
attempts at robbery, Ref1
depression in Constantinople, Ref1
joining Soviet intelligence, Ref1, Ref2
depression and return to Russia from Prague, Ref1
pro-Soviet politics, Ref1, Ref2
animosity toward Mr. Fischer, Ref1
falling for Isolde Cameron, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
marrying Iolanta Shelmatova, Ref1
committing adultery on his wedding night, Ref1
recruitment of Iolanta as Soviet agent, Ref1
addiction to danger, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
going underground, Ref1
mercilessness toward his agents, Ref1
ambivalence, Ref1, Ref2
trying to destroy Isolde Cameron, Ref1
lack of self-restraint, Ref1
obedience to spy bosses, Ref1
intolerance toward Soviet defectors, Ref1
decision to return to Moscow, Ref1, Ref2
provoking his own arrest, Ref1
seeking advice from strangers, Ref1
accepting prolonged torture, Ref1
anguish as prisoner, Ref1
volunteering for camp fieldwork, Ref1
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br /> rejecting escape from camps, Ref1
his paresis, Ref1
staging manuscript burning, Ref1
ships sailed on: Farnaiba, Ref1
Rion, Ref1
St. Sergii (Eglon), Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
women in his life:
love interests. See Alenka; Cameron, Isolde; Ivanova, Anna Mikhailovna; “Sasha-Masha”; Shelmatova, Maria Milena Iolanta
romantic conquests as part of spy work: (unnamed) secretaries and typists of the Continental-Kern Concern in Prague, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3. See also Aucouturier, Marie-Eliane; “Greta”; Müller, Dorothea; Oldham, Lucy; Titulescu, Florica
Bystrolyotova, Anna (aunt), Ref1
Bystrolyotova, Klavdiya (mother): and adult Dmitri, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8, Ref9, Ref10
background of, Ref1
character of, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
death of, Ref1
General Baratov and, Ref1
and young Dmitri, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
Cameron, Isolde: Bystrolyotov’s pursuit of, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5
Bystrolyotov’s trap of, Ref1
death of, Ref1
Iolanta Shelmatova and, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
meets Bystrolyotov, Ref1
Mr. Fischer and, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Carol II (king of Romania), Ref1
“Charlie.” See Oldham, Ernest Holloway
Chekhov, Ref1, Ref2
Chelpanov, Professor, Ref1
Chernyshevsky, Nikolai, Ref1
CHIEF. See Harvey, John, Captain
Ciano, Costanzo (Ciano Sr.), Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
Ciano, Galeazzo, Ref1, Ref2, 388nn25, Ref3
Conrad, Joseph, Ref1
Continental-Kern Concern, Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
COOPER. See Pieck, Henri Christian
Cot, Pierre, Ref1
“Countess Fiorella Imperiali.” See Aucouturier, Marie-Eliane
“Countess Magritte Brockdorff-Rantzau” (alias “Greta,” code name ORLENOK), Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6
“Countess Rona Esterhazy.”See Shelmatova, Maria Milena Iolanta
“Count Lajos József Perelly de Kiralyhaza.” See Bystrolyotov, aliases and covers
Czech Legion, Ref1
“Da Vinci.” See Bazarov, Boris
Dawidowicz, Baruch (Bernard), Ref1, Ref2, Ref3
de Courval, Elizaveta, Ref1, Ref2
Denikin, General, Ref1, Ref2
de Ry, Giovanni (alias “Rossi,” nickname “Nosik,” code name ROSSI), Ref1, Ref2, Ref3, Ref4, Ref5, Ref6, Ref7, Ref8
“Dneprov.” See Zhuravlyov, Pavel
Dolgun, Alexander, Ref1
“Don Luis de Bourbon,” Ref1
Doris. See Müller, Dorothea
Dostoevsky, Fyodor: The Brothers Karamazov, Ref1
Crime and Punishment, Ref1, Ref2
Notes from the House of the Dead,Ref1
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