Pre Scene Vyacheslav Ivankov funeral 2009 (NY Times)

Pre Scene Vyacheslav Ivankov funeral 2009 (NY Times)

Scene 2 State University of NY at Albany

Scene 2 State University of NY at Albany

Scene 2 Norwich University

Scene 2 Norwich University

Scene 3 St. Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square

Scene 3 St. Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square

Scene 3 Long, fast, steep subway escalator (Slavorum)

Scene 3 Long, fast, steep subway escalator (Slavorum)

Scene 3 Russian subway (Culture Trip)

Scene 3 Russian subway (Culture Trip)

Scene 3 Winter Palace, Leningrad/St. Petersburg

Scene 3 Winter Palace, Leningrad/St. Petersburg

Scene 3 Piskaryovskoye Cemetery, Leningrad/St. Petersburg

Scene 3 Piskaryovskoye Cemetery, Leningrad/St. Petersburg

Scene 3 Rossiya Hotel, Moscow

Scene 3 Rossiya Hotel, Moscow

Scene 4 Mikhail “Misha” Mamiashvili 1986

Scene 4 Mikhail “Misha” Mamiashvili 1986

Scene 5 Pushkin Russian Language Institute (Martin Putz)

Scene 5 Pushkin Russian Language Institute (Martin Putz)

Scene 5 Completion certificate booklet from Pushkin Institute, 1987

Scene 5 Completion certificate booklet from Pushkin Institute, 1987

Scene 6 Hammer and Sickle Metallurgy Factory (RIA Novosti)

Scene 6 Hammer and Sickle Metallurgy Factory (RIA Novosti)

Scene 6 May Day Parade

Scene 6 May Day Parade

Scene 6 Old Arbat

Scene 6 Old Arbat

Scene 8 Older main building of American Embassy compound

Scene 8 Older main building of American Embassy compound

Scene 8 Embassy building down the hill behind the old main building

Scene 8 Embassy building down the hill behind the old main building

Scene 8 Mathias Rust, leaning against his Cessna, 1987 (Rare Historical Photos)

Scene 8 Mathias Rust, leaning against his Cessna, 1987 (Rare Historical Photos)

Scene 9 Otari Kvantrishvili (Timenote)

Scene 9 Otari Kvantrishvili (Timenote)

Scene 9 Sylvester (Russia Beyond)

Scene 9 Sylvester (Russia Beyond)

Scene 9 Mikhas, center (personal archive)

Scene 9 Mikhas, center (personal archive)

Scene 10 Khozha Nukhayev (rumafia.net)

Scene 10 Khozha Nukhayev (rumafia.net)

Scene 11 Anatoly Volobuyev, Dick Ward, Gennady Chebotaryov, 1990

Scene 11 Anatoly Volobuyev, Dick Ward, Gennady Chebotaryov, 1990

Scene 11 MVD delegation to Chicago. General Sergeyev, second from left; Dick Ward, center; Gennady Chebotaryov, second from right, 1990

Scene 11 MVD delegation to Chicago. General Sergeyev, second from left; Dick Ward, center; Gennady Chebotaryov, second from right, 1990

Scene 13 Oktyabrskaya Hotel

Scene 13 Oktyabrskaya Hotel

Scene 13 Dick Ward signing personnel exchange protocols at MVD, 1990

Scene 13 Dick Ward signing personnel exchange protocols at MVD, 1990

Scene 13 Alexander “Sasha” Gorkin

Scene 13 Alexander “Sasha” Gorkin

Scene 13 Gennady Chebotaryov, 1990

Scene 13 Gennady Chebotaryov, 1990

Scene 13 Dick Ward, Leroy Martin, Matt Rodriguez, and Bob Smith in Min Vody, 1990

Scene 13 Dick Ward, Leroy Martin, Matt Rodriguez, and Bob Smith in Min Vody, 1990

Scene 13 Reception for our delegation hosted by General Sergeyev, 1990

Scene 13 Reception for our delegation hosted by General Sergeyev, 1990

Scene 13 Moving through Gumbashi Pass, 1990

Scene 13 Moving through Gumbashi Pass, 1990

Scene 13 Moving through Gumbashi Pass, 1990

Scene 13 Moving through Gumbashi Pass, 1990

Scene 13 General Sergeyev hospitality, in Gumbashi Pass, 1990

Scene 13 General Sergeyev hospitality, in Gumbashi Pass, 1990

Scene 13 General Sergeyev and Dick Ward, Gumbashi Pass, 1990

Scene 13 General Sergeyev and Dick Ward, Gumbashi Pass, 1990

Scene 13 Mirage at 7,000 feet in Gumbashi Pass, 1990

Scene 13 Mirage at 7,000 feet in Gumbashi Pass, 1990

Scene 13 With General Sergeyev, 1990

Scene 13 With General Sergeyev, 1990

Scene 13 House used by Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, 1990

Scene 13 House used by Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, 1990

Scene 15 MVD Headquarters, left, on Oktyabrskaya Square

Scene 15 MVD Headquarters, left, on Oktyabrskaya Square

Scene 15 Alexander Gurov, head of Sixth Main Directorate for Organized Crime Control (Sputnik Kyrgyzstan)

Scene 15 Alexander Gurov, head of Sixth Main Directorate for Organized Crime Control (Sputnik Kyrgyzstan)

Scene 17 Gennady, his wife, Aida, and their daughter, 1990

Scene 17 Gennady, his wife, Aida, and their daughter, 1990

Scene 18 Anatoly Volobuyev

Scene 18 Anatoly Volobuyev

Scene 18 Yuri Shchekochikhin (NYC Arts)

Scene 18 Yuri Shchekochikhin (NYC Arts)

Scene 19 Thom Shanker, Chicago Tribune (LinkedIn)

Scene 19 Thom Shanker, Chicago Tribune (LinkedIn)

Scene 24 Dmitry Yakubovsky

Scene 24 Dmitry Yakubovsky

Scene 30 Vyacheslav “the Jap” Ivankov

Scene 30 Vyacheslav “the Jap” Ivankov

Scene 33 Demonstrations in downtown Moscow, 1991 (USA Today)

Scene 33 Demonstrations in downtown Moscow, 1991 (USA Today)

Scene 42 With KGB generals and colonels, Suzdal, 1991

Scene 42 With KGB generals and colonels, Suzdal, 1991

Scene 42 Claire Sterling in Suzdal, 1991

Scene 42 Claire Sterling in Suzdal, 1991

Scene 42 Jim Moody, head of the FBI’s Organized Crime Unit, 1991

Scene 42 Jim Moody, head of the FBI’s Organized Crime Unit, 1991

Scene 42 Vladimir Central Prison (NPR)

Scene 42 Vladimir Central Prison (NPR)

Scene 42 Vladimir Central Prison (Trip Advisor)

Scene 42 Vladimir Central Prison (Trip Advisor)

Scene 78 The Jap arrested in New York 1995 (Associated Press)

Scene 78 The Jap arrested in New York 1995 (Associated Press)

Scene 78 Alimzhan “The Taiwanese” Tokhtakhounov (ABC News)

Scene 78 Alimzhan “The Taiwanese” Tokhtakhounov (ABC News)

Scene 78 The Jap

Scene 78 The Jap

Scene 84 Semyon Mogilevich (spisok-putina.org)

Scene 84 Semyon Mogilevich (spisok-putina.org)

Scene 84 Gafur Rakhimov, Semyon Mogilevich, Mikhas, Viktor Averin (Twitter)

Scene 84 Gafur Rakhimov, Semyon Mogilevich, Mikhas, Viktor Averin (Twitter)

Scene 94 With Robert McNamara, 1989

Scene 94 With Robert McNamara, 1989

Scene 96 Making a toast at Alternativa headquarters, March 8, 1999

Scene 96 Making a toast at Alternativa headquarters, March 8, 1999

Scene 113 Moscow City, 2019

Scene 113 Moscow City, 2019

Scene 113 Moscow City, 2019

Scene 113 Moscow City, 2019

Scene 113 Moscow City, 2019

Scene 113 Moscow City, 2019

Scene 113 Moscow City, 2019

Scene 113 Moscow City, 2019

Scene 113 Moscow City

Scene 113 Moscow City