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ZEUS [ZEVS] (cover name in Venona): Vladislav Biberovich.
Venona New York KGB 1943, 226,
228; Venona Special Studies, 29.
ZH. (cover name in Venona): Decipherment [RASHIFPROVKA]. Personal code used by
MAJ/Apresyan. Venona New York KGB 1944, 192.
Zh. (cover name in Venona): Unidentified. Unclear if the same as ZH./decipherment. Venona
Washington KGB, 27–29, 34; Venona Special Studies, 124.
“Zh-42” (cover name in Vassiliev notebooks): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent, political line,
at U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1945, then UNRRA. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 51, 68, 94.
ZHAN [JEAN] (cover name in Venona): Richard Setaro, October 1944. Venona New York KGB 1944,
542; Venona Special Studies, 19, 26, 176.
ZHAN KAHN: Unidentified. Unclear if a cover name or a real name. Venona New York KGB 1943,
271, 273.
“Zhan Zhores”: Soviet ship. Venona USA Naval GRU, 82, 381.
“Zhana” (cover name in Vassiliev notebooks): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent of KGB
Washington Station 1946 at the Rumanian embassy. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 75.
ZHANNA [JEANNE] (cover name in Venona): Christina Krotkova. Venona New York KGB 1944, 277,
542; Venona New York KGB 1945, 53, 99; Venona Special Studies, 27, 53, 176.
ZHANNET [JEANNETTE] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified Soviet intelligence agent, a female
courier. Venona New York KGB 1944, 190–91, 472–73, 542; Venona Special Studies, 6, 27,
176.
“Zhannet” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Jeannette”. (Alternative
translations Janet or Jannet). “Zhannet” is translated as “Jeannette” in the Venona decryptions
and to avoid confusion is so translated in Vassiliev’s notebooks.
Zharov, ?: Unidentified. Venona analysts noted that possibly this was a Russian attempt to render the
names Jaroff or Jarow. Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 46–47.
ZHAROV (cover name in Venona): Unidentified Soviet intelligence contact. Possibly Nikolaj
Efremovich Ezhov. Venona New York KGB 1944, 677–78; Venona Special Studies, 27.
ZHAROV (cover name in Venona): Nikolaj Efremovich Ezhov. Venona San Francisco KGB, 287–92;
Venona Special Studies, 100; Venona USA Diplomatic, 77.
Zharov, Sergej (Serge Jaroff): Director of the Don Cossack Chorus. Venona New York KGB 1944,
54–55,; Venona Special Studies, 165.
“Zhaspar” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Jaspar”.
Zhdanov, Andrey A.: Senior Soviet ideologist, part of Stalin’s inner circle after WWII. Vassiliev Yellow
Notebook #4, 144.
ZHELEZNODOROZHNIK [RAILWAY WORKER] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified. Venona
analysts were unsure if this was a true cover name or a description of a person used to identify
him. Venona New York KGB 1944, 365–66; Venona Special Studies, 27.
Zheleznyj, ?: Soviet ship internal security source. Cover name in Venona: CHERNIGOVSKIJ. As
Zheleznyj and CHERNIGOVSKIJ: Venona San Francisco KGB, 125; Venona Special Studies,
119.
“Zhemchug” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Pearl”.
Zhemchuzhina, Polina: Soviet official and wife of Stalin aide Vyacheslav Molotov. Birth name Pearl
Karpovskaya. Her brother immigrated to the U.S. and adopted the name Sam Carp. She maried
Molotov and occupied senior posts in the People’s Commissariat of Food Industry of the USSR;
from July 1936, she was the Head of the Chief Administration of the Perfume, Cosmetics,
Synthetics, and Soap-making Industry. When she visited the U.S. in 1936 as the head of the
Soviet perfume conglomerate she used the name Olga Karpovskaya. In November 1937, she
became a Deputy People’s Commissar. Arrested and sent to the Gulag in 1948 during Stalin’s
anti-Jewish purge. Released after Stalin’s death. Vassiliev Black Notebook, 31.
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“Zhenya” (cover name in Vassiliev notebooks): Sonia Steinman Gold.
Black Notebook, 78;
Vassiliev
White Notebook #1, 6, 68–69;
Vassiliev White Notebook #2, 31, 33;
Vassiliev White Notebook #3,
27, 30–31, 34, 37, 42, 53.
ZHENYA (cover name in Venona): Sonia Steinman Gold. Venona New York KGB 1944, 260–6;
Venona New York KGB 1945, 8–10, 44–45; Venona Special Studies, 27.
Zherebtsov, ?: Head of 10th (Cipher)Department of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs in
Moscow. Venona USA Diplomatic, 41, 43, 50, 52–54, 78–79.
Zhilo, ?: Soviet ship crewman. Venona San Francisco KGB, 308.
ZHIZEL' [GISELLE] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified Soviet intelligence source/agent. Venona
New York KGB 1944, 102; Venona Special Studies, 27, 102 NY44.
ZHOLUD' [ACORN] (cover name in Venona): Bela (William) Gold. Venona New York KGB 1945 8,
10, 16; Venona Special Studies, 27.
“Zholud'” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Acorn”.
“Zhora” (cover name in Vassiliev notebooks): William Weisband in 1945–1950. Vassiliev Black
Notebook, 57, 70, 75, 80–81, 84, 91–92, 94–96.
ZHORES [JAURES] (cover name in Venona): Unidentified, connected to KGB South American
activities. Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 3, 5; Venona Special Studies, 27.
“Zhorzh” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “George”.
ZHORZH [GEORGE or GEORGES] (cover name in Venona): Paul Nahin from October 1944 to 20
February 1945. Unidentified by Venona analysts but identified in Vassiliev’s notebooks as
Nahin. (Venona analysts were unsure of the translation of the the code group, at one point
thinking it might be translated as LEADER [LIDER] and striking through the GEORGES
trnaslation. However, the cover name appears in Alexander Vassiliev’s notebooks as GEORGE.)
Venona New York KGB 1944, 542; Venona New York KGB 1945, 69; Venona Special Studies, 27.
ZHUCHKA [WATCH-DOG] (cover name in Venona): Nadia Morris Osipovich. Venona San Francisco
KGB, 75, 77;
Venona Special Studies, 101.
“Zhuk” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Beetle”.
Zhukhovitsky, ?: An official with the Soviet Export Administration. Vassiliev White Notebook #1, 128.
ZHUKOV (cover name in Venona): ? Burtsenko. Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 61; Venona Special
Studies, 27.
Zhukov, Georgy Konstantinovich: Chief Soviet military commander in WWII. Vassiliev Yellow
Notebook #4, 125.
“Zhulik” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Crook”.
“Zhur” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Jour”.
Zhurbenko, ?: Soviet intelligence officer, Moscow, 1937. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #3, 8.
Zhurenko: Venona analysts thought this a reference to Lieutenant Stanislaus Jeranko of U.S. Naval
Intelligence. Venona San Francisco KGB, 151–52.
“Zhurnalist” (Russian original of a cover name in Vassiliev’s notebooks): See “Journalist”.
...ZIB (cover name in Venona): Partial decryption of the cover name of an unidentified Soviet ship
internal security source. Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 61.
Ziev, Paul J.: Director of Amtorg, 1924. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #4, 81–83.
Ziffer, Bernard: Polish Information Center official. Venona New York KGB 1944, 363.
Zilbermeister: Nathan Gregory Silvermaster’s spelling of his family name when it first arrived in America.
Vassiliev White Notebook #3, 7.
Zimny, John Anthony: Unidentified. Venona New York KGB 1941–42, 15.
ZINA (cover name in Venona): Anna Fedorovna Kamaeva. Venona San Francisco KGB, 154; Venona
Special Studies, 101.
“Zinger” (cover name in Vassiliev notebooks): David Greenglass, 1950. Vassiliev Yellow Notebook #1,
39, 46–54.
Zinov'eva, ?: Soviet personnel. Venona USA Naval GRU, 201.