Radio games of counterintelligence "Smersh" NKVD of the USSR

The article gives the history of the creation of the Main Counterintelligence Directorate of the Smersh NGO. Its main structure is shown on the basis of declassified materials, principles of activity, as well as methods and principles of conducting radio games with enemy counterintelligence. Some names of the conducted radio games are given and the indisputable results of their contribution to achieving victory in the Great Patriotic War are shown. It was concluded that the activities of Smersh were an important element in ensuring the security of our country.