Wiktor Karpuchin

Wiktor Fiodorowicz Karpuchin (Russian: Виктор Фёдорович Карпухин, born October 27, 1947 in Łuck, died March 24, 2003) - KGB officer, commander of the Alfa Group, Hero of the Soviet Union (1980). Curriculum vitae

From 1966 he served in the armed forces of the USSR, in 1969 he graduated from the higher school of armored troops in Tashkent and was sent to serve in the KGB frontier troops, later he worked at the Moscow high school of border troops. From September 1979, he served in Group A ("Alpha") 7 of the Board of the KGB of the USSR as deputy commander of branch 4, and later the commander of the whole group. He took part in many special operations, including the attack on the palace of Afghan President Hafizullah Amin in Kabul on December 27, 1979 (Soviet intervention in Afghanistan), largely contributing to the success of the attack and the killing of Amin. In 1984 he graduated from the Higher School of the KGB of the USSR and became the deputy head of the group "A", in this position he took part in the release of hostages in Tbilisi, Baku, Yerevan, Stepanakercie and Saratov. In 1988-1991 he was the head of the "Alfa" group of the 7th Board of the KGB of the USSR, in August 1991 he was transferred to the reserve, from December 1991 to 1992 he managed the security service of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, later he worked as a detective. At the same time, he was active in the Veterans of War Association in Afghanistan. He died while traveling by train from Minsk to Moscow. He was buried in Moscow. Honors

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