Elizaveta Mukasei
Encyclopedia
Lt. Col. Elizaveta Mukasei (21 March 1912, Ufa
– 19 September 2009) was a Soviet
spy
codenamed Elza. Along with her husband Mikhail Mukasei
(whose codename was Zephyr), she took part in a number of undercover
operations in Western Europe
and the United States
from the 1940s through to the 1970s. She died on September 19, 2009 in Moscow
. Her husband died on August 19, 2008, aged 101.
Ufa
-Demographics:Nationally, dominated by Russian , Bashkirs and Tatars . In addition, numerous are Ukrainians , Chuvash , Mari , Belarusians , Mordovians , Armenian , Germans , Jews , Azeris .-Government and administration:Local...
– 19 September 2009) was a Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
spy
SPY
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codenamed Elza. Along with her husband Mikhail Mukasei
Mikhail Mukasei
Mikhail Isaakovich Mukasei was a Soviet spy codenamed Zephyr.-Biography:...
(whose codename was Zephyr), she took part in a number of undercover
Undercover
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operations in Western Europe
Western Europe
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and the United States
United States
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from the 1940s through to the 1970s. She died on September 19, 2009 in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. Her husband died on August 19, 2008, aged 101.