The Main Directorate of Counter-Intelligence "SMERSH" was officially announced in existence 14 April 1943, although was probably formed in late 1942 or even earlier.

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Viktor Abakumov, head of the Smersh Main Directorate (right), and Lieutenant General Alexander Vadis, head of the Smersh Main Directorate of the 1st Belorussian Front,

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