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Apr 12, 1901 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland Died on 18 Apr 1984 (aged 83)
Finnish–Soviet intelligence officer
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About Toivo Vähä
- Toivo Juhonpoika Vähä (Russian: ??´??? ?´???????? ??´??, also known as Ivan Mikhailovich Petrov, Russian: ???? ?????????? ??????, 12 April 1901 – 18 June 1984) was a Finnish born Soviet colonel of the KGB.
- He fled to Soviet Russia after the 1918 Finnish Civil War and made a long career in the Red Army and the Soviet Border Troops.
- Vähä was one of the few Finnish exile revolutionaries who survived the Great Purge.
- He is best known for his role in the 1925 capture of the British super-spy Sidney Reilly during the Operation Trust.
