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Alfred Tilton or Alfred Matisovich Tyltyn ( Russian : Альфред Матисович Тылтынь , Latvian : Alfrēds Tiltiņš ; 4 March 1897 – 11 February 1942) was the head of Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU) in the United States in the late 1920s. He is best remembered for having recruited Latvian-American communist Nicholas Dozenberg to work for the GRU late in 1927.

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13-503: Tilton may refer to: People and fictional characters [ edit ] Tilton (surname) , a list of people and fictional characters with the surname Tilton E. Doolittle (1825–1896), American attorney and politician Alice Tilton, a pen name of Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909–1976), American mystery author Places [ edit ] United States [ edit ] Tilton , Georgia , an unincorporated community Tilton, Illinois ,

26-509: A village Tilton, Iowa , an unincorporated community Tilton, Kentucky , an unincorporated community Tilton, New Hampshire ,a town Tilton River , Washington, United States Fort Tilton, a fortification built in 1856 near what is now Fall City, Washington Elsewhere [ edit ] Tilton, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada, a community Tilton, a former civil parish in Harborough, Leicestershire, England - see Tilton on

39-1765: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tilton (surname) [REDACTED] Look up Tilton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tilton is the surname of: People [ edit ] Alfred Tilton (1897–1942), Latvian-born Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU) chief, spy, and recruiter Cathy Tilton (born ?), American politician and real estate broker Charlene Tilton (born 1958), American actor and singer Chris Tilton (born 1979), American soundtrack composer Daniel Tilton (1763–1830), American territorial judge Edward Lippincott Tilton (1861–1933), American architect Edwin B. Tilton (1859–1926), American silent movie-era actor Elizabeth Richards Tilton (1834–1897), American suffragist and newspaper poetry editor; wife of Theodore Tilton Frances Tilton Weaver (1904–2003), American attorney Franklin T. Tilton (born ?), American politician Frederic W. Tilton (1839–1913), American educator and administrator George Tilton (1923–2010), American geochemist George Fred Tilton (1861–1932), American master mariner, whaler, storyteller, and author Glenn Tilton (born 1948), American airline and oil executive Henry R. Tilton (1836–1906), American army surgeon and cavalry officer Hezekiah C. Tilton (1818–1879), American Methodist clergyman, army medic, and politician Jack Tilton (1951–2017), American art dealer James Tilton (1745–1822), American physician, soldier, and army surgeon general James Tilton (surveyor) (1819–1878), American soldier, politician; first Surveyor General of

52-800: The Lonesome Dove series Press Tilton, character in The Pendragon Adventure book series [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Tilton . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tilton_(surname)&oldid=1147594969 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles Alfred Tilton Alfred Tilton

65-574: The Spanish Civil War fighting in the defense of the Spanish Republic. Tilton was arrested on 27 November 1937, during the height of the Great Terror . He did not immediately plead guilty to alleged crimes, however, only being sentenced on 15 December 1940, well after the fall of Secret Police head Nikolai Ezhov . Tilton was sentenced to a term of 15 years imprisonment in a labor camp of

78-595: The GRU's rezident. While in New York, Tilton and his wife, Maria, made use of a cover story that they were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Paquett, from Canada . The pair also used the name Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Martin during this time. As part of his job in America, late in 1927 Tilton made the acquaintance of Workers (Communist) Party functionary Nicholas Dozenberg , convincing him to drop out from organized party activity and to go to work for

91-593: The GRU. Tilton was recalled to the USSR in the summer of 1930. He served as the Assistant Commander of a mechanized brigade from July 1930 to March 1931 and was the head of Belorussian mechanized troops from March 1931 to March 1932. From March 1932 to June 1936, Tilton served as the Commander and Commissar of the 5th Detached Mechanized Brigade in the town of Borisov . From June 1936 to November 1937, Tilton served in

104-569: The Hill Other uses [ edit ] Tilton School , a college preparatory school in Tilton, Hew Hampshire Battles of Tilton , civil war battles that took place near Tilton, Georgia, during the American Civil War See also [ edit ] Tilton Northfield, New Hampshire , United States Tilton Cutting , a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Tilton on

117-535: The Hill Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tilton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tilton&oldid=1172908849 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

130-1463: The Washington Territory John Rollin Tilton (1828–1888), American-born Italian painter Liz Tilton (1918–2003), American singer; sister of Martha Tilton Lois Tilton (born 1946), American novelist and short story writer Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915), American journalist and temperance activist Lynn Tilton (born 1959), American business executive, corporate raider, investment banker, and stock trader Mark Tilton (born 1962), British screenwriter, filmmaker, and musician Martha Tilton (1915–2006), American singer and actor; sister of Liz Tilton Nathaniel Tilton (born 1972), American blackjack player, author, and financial planner Robert Tilton (born 1946), American televangelist Roberta Elizabeth Odell Tilton (1837–1925), American-born Canadian social reformer and temperance activist Roger Tilton (1924–2011), American filmmaker and documentarian Ron Tilton (born 1963), American football player Shane Tilton (born ?), American journalism professor, writer, and media theorist Theodore Tilton (1835–1907), American newspaper editor, poet, and abolitionist; husband of Elizabeth Richards Tilton William Tilton (1834–1910), American Civil War soldier William S. Tilton (1828–1889), American businessman and soldier In fiction [ edit ] Maggie Tilton, character in two books in

143-653: The rank of Lieutenant. He also underwent machine gun training in 1917. Tilton joined the Russian Communist Party in 1918 and was a Brigade Commander in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War . Tilton was captured by the Poles during the 1920 invasion of Poland and held as a prisoner of war , eventually gaining his repatriation to Soviet Russia in a February 1921 prisoner exchange. Upon his return, Tilton

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156-637: Was born on 4 March 1897, in Mežotne parish , Latvia , then part of the Russian empire . Tilton was the son of peasants of ethnic Latvian descent. A well-educated individual, Tilton eventually learned Russian, German, French, and English as well as his native Latvian. Tilton graduated from the Alexseev Military College in 1916. Tilton was a company commander in the Latvian 3rd Infantry Regiment, attaining

169-1020: Was enrolled in the Military Academy of the Red Army , where he studied until 1922. Leaving the Military Academy in 1922, Tilton became an active participant in Soviet military intelligence operations abroad. Tilton acted as the GRU's underground rezident (station head) in Paris from 1922 to 1926. During this interval Tilton also took courses at the Polytechnic Institute of Air and Motors in Paris. Tilton worked for military intelligence in Germany during 1926 and 1927 before being transferred to New York City , where he became

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