Wraga, Ryszard

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Dates:
Birth 1902
Death 1968
English, Russian, French, Polish, German,

Biographical notes:

Polish intelligence officer; émigré scholar of Soviet affairs.

From the description of Ryszard Wraga papers, 1947-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867231

Biographical Note

1902, July 25 Born Jerzy Antoni Niezbrzycki in Niemirov, Ukraine Degree in law; graduate work in geography and philosophy, University of Warsaw 1927 1930 Polish diplomatic service, Moscow and Kiev 1931 1939 Director of Eastern Section of Polish military intelligence; member, faculty of Polish Military Academy and Institute of Journalism 1939 1945 Serves with Polish armed forces in Poland and the West 1945 1949 Resides in London; lectures at Polish Institute of Eastern Affairs and Free Polish University; becomes British subject and changes name to Ryszard Wraga 1949 1958 Resides in Paris; acts as consultant on Soviet Affairs to French Foreign Office Research Department 1958 Emigrates to the U.S.; works at Library of Congress 1963 1967 Research Associate at Hoover Institution, Stanford University 1968, January 30 Dies, Leesburg, Virginia

From the guide to the Ryszard Wraga Papers, 1947-1959, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Subjects:

  • Espionage
  • Propaganda
  • Russians in foreign countries
  • Ukrainians in foreign countries

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Places:

  • Ukraine (as recorded)
  • Russia (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Poland (as recorded)
  • Poland (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)
  • Ukraine (as recorded)
  • Russia (Federation) (as recorded)

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