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SMERSH, Smersh|smɜːʃ|
[Russ. abbrev. of smert′ shpionam, lit. ‘death to spies’.]
The popular name of the Russian counter-espionage organization, originating during the war of 1939–45, which is responsible for maintaining security within the Soviet armed and intelligence services.
1953I. Fleming Casino Royale xxvii. 217 He would take on smersh and hunt it down. Without smersh, without this cold weapon of death and revenge, the M.W.D. would be just another bunch of civil servant spies. 1955H. Hodgkinson Doubletalk 1 Still to be met with are..SMERSH (smert shpionam: death to spies), the war-time name for the Soviet Army Counter-espionage organisation. 1961D. Moore Highway of Fear iv. 27 Faster!.. The Smersh zombies..are right behind you. 1967E. Grierson Crime of One's Own ix. 73 All this nonsense of Calvert being some type from SMERSH—and Mason's the Man from Uncle, I suppose? 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Apr. 534/3 Missing..from..the Great Soviet Encyclopedia..are two Abakumovs, Andrei Ivanovich..and Viktor Semenovich, head of Smersh during the Second World War and Minister for State Security after it. |
