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Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (born 1895)

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Richard Sorge

German journalist and Soviet spy (1895–1944)

Richard Gustavovich Sorge was a German-Russian 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).
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