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Richard Sorge

1895 - 1944

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Richard Gustavovich Sorge (Russian: Рихард Густавович Зорге, romanized: Rikhard Gustavovich Zorge; 4 October 1895 – 7 November 1944) was a German-Russian journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during World War II and worked undercover as a German journalist in both Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. His codename was "Ramsay" (Рамза́й). Sorge is known for his service in Japan in 1940 and 1941, when he provided information about Adolf Hitler's plan to attack the Soviet Union. Then, in mid-September 1941, he informed the Soviets that Japan would not attack the Soviet Union in the near future. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Sorge is the 3rd most popular journalist (down from 2nd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Azerbaijan and the most popular Azerbaijani Journalist.

Richard Sorge was a Soviet spy who was instrumental in exposing the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Richard Sorge ranks 3 out of 196. Before him are Robert Capa, and Sebastião Salgado. After him are Lee Miller, François-Noël Babeuf, Joseph Pulitzer, Gianni Rodari, Oriana Fallaci, Gerda Taro, Anna Politkovskaya, Dorothea Lange, and W. T. Stead.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Richard Sorge ranks 16. Before him are Anna Freud, Ernst Jünger, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Nikolai Yezhov, and Mikhail Bakhtin. After him are Wilm Hosenfeld, William Giauque, Max Horkheimer, Paul Éluard, Paul Hindemith, and Semyon Timoshenko. Among people deceased in 1944, Richard Sorge ranks 13. Before him are Claus von Stauffenberg, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, William James Sidis, Charles Glover Barkla, Abdulmejid II, and Günther von Kluge. After him are Hilma af Klint, Reza Shah, Bertha Benz, Lou Henry Hoover, Alexis Carrel, and Ludwig Beck.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Richard Sorge ranks 5 out of 232. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141), Heydar Aliyev (1923), Lev Landau (1908), and Ilham Aliyev (1961). After him are Mstislav Rostropovich (1927), Garry Kasparov (1963), Arghun (1250), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), Abulfaz Elchibey (1938), and Zecharia Sitchin (1920).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Azerbaijan

Among journalists born in Azerbaijan, Richard Sorge ranks 1. After him are Chingiz Mustafayev (1960), and Khadija Ismayilova (1976).

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