His names were: Lieutenant Alyosha, Major Vihr, Leo Dvorak. All these are different images of one man – the legendary scout Alexei Botyan.

Most of his operations are still kept under the “secret” label. He used to say to himself: “I’m lucky.” During the Great Patriotic War, saving this town became the life’s work of an intelligence legend.

What beautiful old Polish city was saved thanks to the reconnaissance and sabotage operation of Alexei Nikolaevich Botyan? While retreating, the Germans created a huge warehouse of explosives, planning to blow up the city, bridges and dam. The city would be flooded.

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