The Unknown Hero of Cuban Missile Crisis

... preserving and developing modern society, including the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, which shattered the Soviet-American relationship. It is common knowledge that the situation was eventually resolved by the leaders of the two global superpowers, USSR and the U.S., but little is known about the activities of the KGB’s Washington station in those hours. RIAC met with Natalia Asatur-Feklisova, daughter of Alexander Feklisov who headed the station in 1962-1964, to find out why he also deserves to be remembered as part of this history. The Cuban Missile Crisis is widely known to have been resolved by the personal will of Khrushchev and Kennedy. Why do some ...