Red Guards (1918) Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (1918-1921) Joint State Political Directorate (1925-1934) People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (1934-1937)
Years of service
1918-1937
Rank
Commandant
Unit
1st Donetsk Corps
Battles/wars
Ukrainian War of Independence
Donbas-Don operation
Battle of Tsaritsyn
Battle for the Donbas
Battle of Peregonovka
Northern Taurida Operation
Siege of Perekop
Lev Mykolaiovych Zadov (Ukrainian: Лев Миколайович Задов; 1893–1938), also known by his nom de guerreLev Zinkovskyi (Ukrainian: Лев Зіньковський), was chief of military intelligence of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU) and later an operative of the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU).
After joining the Ukrainian anarchist movement, Zadov was arrested and imprisoned for a series of robberies he committed in Donbas. He was released during the February Revolution and returned to Donbas, where he became involved in the local Soviet and joined the Red Guards, which he fought with until November 1918, when he joined Nestor Makhno's Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.
He became the de facto chief of the Kontrrazvedka, the Makhnovist military intelligence division, and carried out a campaign of terror against the Bolsheviks and the White movement. After the defeat of the Makhnovists, he retreated to Romania, before re-entering Ukraine in 1925 and joining the OGPU. He used his position to carry out subversive activities, for which he was arrested and executed during the Great Purge.
Lev Mykolaiovych Zadov (Ukrainian: Лев Миколайович Задов; 1893–1938), also known by his nom de guerre Lev Zinkovskyi (Ukrainian: Лев Зіньковський), was...
Zadov (sometimes transliterated as Zadoff) is a Russian-language surname. It may refer to: LevZadov, Ukrainian counter-intelligence agent Allen Zadoff...
prior experience in counterintelligence. One of these anarchists was LevZadov, who had been imprisoned for his criminal activities by the imperial authorities...
execution by firing squad. Barrels of alcohol were instead arranged by LevZadov to be supplied to the Cossack detachments of Andrei Shkuro, with the intention...
Halyna Kuzmenko Daniil Belykh [ru] as Fedir Shchus Oleg Primogenov as LevZadov Alexandra Polovinskaya as Elena Mikhnenko Anna Ukolova as Marusya Nikiforova...
leaving, he continued to act in the spin-offs "Beware, Zadov!" (Осторожно, Задов!) and "Zadov in Reality". From 2000 to 2008 he played in the detective...
secretary. The constitution of the VRS was opposed by the Bolsheviks, with Lev Kamenev openly demanding its abolition during a visit to Huliaipole. This...
him to reinforce the insurgent detachment in Mariupol, where he joined LevZadov's branch of the Kontrrazvedka, the newly-established counterintelligence...
attempted to ban the insurgents' Third Regional Congress. Shortly before Lev Kamenev arrived in Huliaipole on a state visit in May 1919, Nestor Makhno...
the necessary equipment. His reports quickly attracted Politburo member Lev Kamenev to himself visit Huliaipole the very next week. Kamenev too was greeted...