Toivo Vähä
(1901-1984)
Finnish-Soviet intelligence officer
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Toivo Juhonpoika Vähä (Russian: То́йво Ю́хонпойка Вя́хя, also known as Ivan Mikhailovich Petrov, Russian: Ива́н Миха́йлович Петро́в, 12 April 1901 – 18 June 1984) was a Finnish born Soviet colonel of the KGB. He fled to Soviet Russia after the 1918 Finnish Civil War and made a long career in the Red Army and the Soviet Border Troops. Vähä was one of the few Finnish exile revolutionaries who survived the Great Purge. He is best known for his role in the 1925 capture of the British super-spy Sidney Reilly during the Operation Trust.
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12 April 1901 Helsinki, Finland
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| Died |
18 June 1984 (aged 83) Petrozavodsk, Russia
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| Zodiac | Aries |
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