Adolf Tolkachev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet engineer and CIA spy
Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1927
Place of Birth: Aktobe, Kazakhstan
Date of Death: 24-Sep-1986
Profession: engineer
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Adolf Tolkachev
- Adolf Georgievich Tolkachev (Russian: ?????? ?????????? ????????; 6 January 1927 in Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan – 24 September 1986) was a Soviet electronics engineer who provided key documents to the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) between 1979 and 1985.
- Working at the Soviet radar design bureau Phazotron as one of the chief designers, Tolkachev gave the CIA complete detailed information about such projects as the R-23, R-24, R-33, R-27, and R-60, S-300; fighter-interceptor aircraft radars used on the MiG-29, MiG-31, and Su-27; and other avionics.
- He was executed as a spy in 1986.
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