Talk:Richard Sorge
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So sorry there's no discussion on this item. The story of Sorge is just one of many thousands of fates of Stalin's era but this by a flick of chance became known widely. (If you don't aware of how this happened - Nikita S. Khrushchyov once saw a French movie of the Sorge group - because one of his guy was a French - and he - Mr. Commie General - was very much astonished because even he was unfamiliar with such name.He quired his KGB brass, they said this was not their field so he switched to his Soviet Army Headquarters Intelligence Dept. (GRU - the 2nd General Dept. of the HQ) and they confirmed: "Yes, Sir! There was such intelligence battle station (non-legal,as this is called in Russian) "Ramzai" in Tokyo before WWII,uncovered by the police, all arrested, sent to trial etc. So puzzled and surprized Maiz Disseminator awarded The Ramzai with the medal "The Hero of The Soviet Union" with the "Order of Lenin" - the highest both military/civil honor in the former USSR.).
Here we encounter with a problem unseen at first sight. What for? What he was praised for?
--This: "Before the battle for Moscow, Sorge transmitted information that Japan was not going to attack Soviet Union in the East. This information allowed Georgy Zhukov to redeploy Siberian troops for the defense of Moscow." seems worthy of high praise, don't you think?
Official Soviet propoganda claimed that Sorge's battle group was operating on the territory of the sovereign foreign state (the Japanese Empire) just with the peaceful intentions to prevent the war between the USSR and Germany so, in other words, their its activity was not aimed at Japan but against the third party - Fascism.
Good'n'clever so far. If only this would not be a lie!
anyone knows the content of the 1960 movie "who are you, Dr. Sorge ?" ? ... also published as a book in Germany.
Question for any Dr. Sorge experts: I am presently working on a list of members of the Sorge ring. Two questions: (1) What would be considered the proper name of the "Sorge ring", and (2) what names could all be included. (I have four thus far). Thank you. nobs 15:49, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
What about including the title as "honorary Hero of the Soviet Union" in the intro with journalist, etc. It is, after all, very unusual in any society for a lowly covert spy to recieve such high recognition. Nobs01 16:35, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Perhaps, at least I should agree. BTW, he was not unique to be awarded this title. Some other Soviet agents did, e.g.: L.Manevich, I.Kudrya, K.Vaupshasov. Cmapm 18:41, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Likewise in the Whittaker Chambers article, his Presidential Medal of Freedom award is at the bottom of the page. Incredibly high honor for someone who at one time betrayed his own country. Perhaps we can work out a uniform format for all these articles. Nobs01 18:51, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I would defend such things to be on top only for rare/unusual cases, like these two ones. General policy in Wiki, as I understand, is to place awards and honors after the main content, and I think it's reasonable. Cmapm 19:47, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Also, what about putting Sorge in [Category:German journalists], that would link him with Hede Massing, who evidently met him & wrote about him. Nobs01 21:14, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Absolutely. I thought, that either a [Category:German journalists] or [Category:Journalists] was already added into the article. I have a book mostly with articles, which he wrote for German newspapers about Japan. I can say, that in my view, he was a very talented journalist. I'll add the category right now. Cmapm 23:31, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Likewise in the Whittaker Chambers article, his Presidential Medal of Freedom award is at the bottom of the page. Incredibly high honor for someone who at one time betrayed his own country. Perhaps we can work out a uniform format for all these articles. Nobs01 18:51, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Agnes Smedley
Please note Agnes Smedley is not written into the narrative yet. Thank you. nobs 18:54, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] KGB or GRU
The intro and the closing "conspiracy theory" section" says Sorge worked for the KGB & "continuned to work for the KGB"; the body of the text says he was transferred to GRU in 1930. This needs to be clarified. nobs 01:17, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Dates
How Sorge could transmit information related with Stalingrad siege if he was arrested in 1941? :-)--Nixer 14:04, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
That's the job of the spy, isn't it to find out the information about what is about to take place. He also predicted the invasion by Germans of the USSR (Operation Barbarossa).
[edit] Uncle or grandfather?
His uncle had been a secretary for Karl Marx.
Uncle or grandfather? --Morpheios Melas 07:29, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
I can confirm it was his Uncle, despite Sorge himself thought it was is grandfather, but he made the same mistake as most investigators did. 81.243.161.236 20:26, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
- I read version that it was "brother of grandfather" in rusian it named "двоюродный дед" ("брат деда", или "дядя отца"). In english it "grand uncle" ("great uncle") or not?--Morpheios Melas 11:00, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
