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Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, and their lackeys, all were traitors to the impossible ideal of absolute power. Well written although gaps in the timeline are often confusing.

Quite a disappointment. The author has a very specific writing style - he adds tons of unnecessary information to his storytelling, often completely derailing the point or making his narration pompous and fake.

I expected insight into Soviet Military Intelligence GRU , but half of the book is about author's military career before GRU and quarter is full of nonsense stories which do not add any value. Only remaining quarter of the book is really about GRU, spy work, intelligence etc.

That part i Quite a disappointment. That part is quite good of course if author does not divagate about birds or other nonsense and is probably the only reason I gave the second star to the review. It creates quite gruesome picture of Soviet Intelligence, which makes you wonder how such organization could achieve any successes in such hostile and paranoid environment.

Even the reasons for author's defection to the west are silly, which adds up to general absurdity of this story. There are better spy book bibles than this. Marian Zacharski. That was real page-turner Aug 03, Andrius Sustickas rated it really liked it.

A Soviet military intelligence officer talks about his career in the GRU, working as a foreign diplomat and the defection. It was very interesting to learn how the Soviet military "manufactured" their own spies for the working in the invisible world wide web of spies during the Cold War. And, of course, within the system, neither money, nor morality, nor personal interests mattered A very serious account of working within the Soviet GRU military intelligence.

If this is all true I don't see how anyone could work under that much tension and fear all the time. The least little mistake gets you thrown into prison or exterminated. I don't see why there were not many more GRU defectors!

Nov 12, Luu Doan rated it it was amazing. Aug 27, Malkhaz Shonia rated it it was amazing Shelves: history , political , nonfiction , memoir. Amazing story from former soviet spy. Incredible methods and resources used by communists to gather information will really surprize anyone.

Definitely goes to my "must read" shelf. I liked this book though it is an odd duck. Obviously, there is undoubtedly a lot of spin but, as a child of that era, I thought it was pretty interesting in giving the Soviet era mindset. The guy was never even a true believer, he claims, but merely trying to survive, get I liked this book though it is an odd duck. The guy was never even a true believer, he claims, but merely trying to survive, get by, or do well with the options given and the knowledge that you either maintain and move forward or wind up being put into a prison camp or outright murdered within the Soviet system once you are tied into intelligence and systems of power.

He basically makes it clear he didn't believe but was getting by and the reason he defected is he saw something he didn't want to see, which caused a senior officer to be recalled and probably either imprisoned or killed and knew he'd be next because he saw it all while working at the embassy in Vienna.

Mar 22, Richard Page rated it liked it. Was interesting read. A little disappointed that the book did not talk about how his defection was carried out or unclear why he felt he had to defect and had no other choice. None the less, a good book if you want to learn about the GRU organization. Lovely spy book. If these things are true Read 3-times.

A first time when I was at high school and I loved it! Dec 27, Andrew Orange rated it really liked it Shelves: in-russian. Must read for so-called "friends of Russia" and other useful goofs. Jan 18, K. A heavy, sobering read, but one of those rare nonfiction books that I still think about from time to time. Suvorov masterly paints a world of survival and brutal measures with relentless quality. Sep 25, Jacob added it Shelves: all-favorites.

All credit to V B Rezun, as this is my new favorite book. Brilliant espionage memoir; an overlooked classic of totalitarian, dystopian literature - Viktor Suvorov's brilliant memoir of his life and times as an agent of the Soviet Union's military intelligence directorate known by its acronym, GRU, was an instant Cold War classic when first published as simply Aquarium in Great Britain in Experts were divided on Suvorov at the time.

Many Brilliant espionage memoir; an overlooked classic of totalitarian, dystopian literature - Viktor Suvorov's brilliant memoir of his life and times as an agent of the Soviet Union's military intelligence directorate known by its acronym, GRU, was an instant Cold War classic when first published as simply Aquarium in Great Britain in Many suspected his books were fabrications, disinformation of some kind purposely released on the West by the Soviets using a double-agent; or the work of a British misinformation campaign to make the Soviets look like the evil empire then US President Ronald Reagan had declared them to be.

This controversy was enhanced by the secrecy surrounding Suvorov himself. As a young intelligence officer during this time period, I thought the Suvorov books genuine. Years have passed, the Soviet Union is gone, the Cold War gave way to the "War on Terror" and Suvorov, no longer in hiding, is still writing and lecturing as an expert in Cold War era Russian history. And his memoir, Inside the Aquarium, has survived the test of time. It's a brilliant classic of life inside a totalitarian nightmare.

In fact, this book is so well-written it should stand alongside other dystopian classics like Orwell's or Huxley's Brave New World. And as Russian literature, it's as good as anything by Chekhov or Solzhenitsyn. Suvorov Real Name: Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun wrote several insider books on the Soviet military in the late s, but Aquarium remains his best and most personal of the series.

In the s he began publishing a series of behind-the-scenes books on the origins of World War II and the secret machinations of the communist leaders of the Soviet Union in the post-war era. Many of these are popular in the former Warsaw Pact and in Russia. Not all of these books are well-received in the West, despite Suvorov's background and research.

They simply are too revelatory for American and Western European readers who have been spoon-fed their history in small sugary doses. He has recently published a series of fiction novels for Eastern European and Russian readers. He is a fantastic writer and I wish his novels could be translated for an English reading audience soon. In the meantime, if you have never read Aquarium, please get it. You won't be let down. This book needs to be rediscovered by a new audience as the classic memoir of personal survival inside one of the most totalitarian systems ever devised by mankind.

Highly, highly recommended. A memoir of life at the highest level of Soviet intelligence gathering which, though ultimately unknowable, has the real ring of truth.

No overblown James Bond dramatics necessary although this does arise when a briefcase full of money or a clever ploy will do.

As he says, the most important skill required in this job is to listen. Engineers developing top military technologies are often the kind of people who can never find a sympathetic ear truly interested in the details of their clever sci A memoir of life at the highest level of Soviet intelligence gathering which, though ultimately unknowable, has the real ring of truth.

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