Pavel Sudoplatov, This job in 1930 was done by Yakov Serebryansky, assisted by his wife and an agent in the French police. Dressed in French police uniforms, they stopped Kutepov on the street on the pretext of questioning him and put him in a car. Kutepov resisted the kidnapping, and during the struggle, he had a heart attack and died, Serebryansky told me. They buried Kutepov near the home of one of our agents near the outskirts of Paris. The operation was also led by deputy head of the counterintelligence department of the OGPU Sergei Puzitsky. Kutepov was believed by French police of having been smuggled to the Soviet Union. Former White Army general Nikolai Skoblin, a senior operative in the Inner Line, was suspected of being a key accomplice to the kidnapping. Walter Laqueur alleges, however, "Skoblin had nothing to do with this affair, because he was recruited only after Kutyopov's disappearance." KGB General Sudoplatov confirms this allegation in his own memoirs. According to the declassified UDBA documents compiled in early 1955, shortly prior to his abduction, Kutepov received 7 million francs from his French sponsors meant for the ROVS' activity. His body was never found. There is a cenotaph memorial for Alexander Kutepov in the Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery in Paris. Distinctions Order of Saint Stanislav 3rd art. with swords and bow (1905) Order of Saint Anna, 4th art. with the inscription "For courage" (1905) Order of Saint Anna, 3rd art. with swords and bow Order of Saint Vladimir 4th art. with swords and bow (1905) Order of Saint Stanislav, 2nd art. Order of Saint Anna, 2nd art. with swords (VP 28.10.1914); swords for the Order of Saintt Stanislav, 2nd art. (VP 09.04.1915); Order of Saint George 4th Art. (VP 09/26/1916) Golden Weapon for Bravery (PAF 03/14/1917) Cross of Saint George 4 tbsp. No. 1216556 with a laurel branch (for the battle on 07/07/1917 at the village of Mshany) Badge of the 1st Kuban (Ice) campaign Order of Saint Nicholas Thaumaturgus Ave. VSYUR (07/11/1920) No. 167 Medal "In memory of the Russo-Japanese War" Medal "In memory of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava" Medal "In memory of the 100th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812" Medal "In memory of the 300th anniversary of the reign of the Romanov dynasty" Medal "In memory of the 200th anniversary of the naval battle of Gangut" Medal "For the works