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Condemned to death by the KGB, Tuomi was born in America and an important asset to Soviet espionage. He collaborated with the FBI and saved his life but sacrificed his family in Russia. Kaarlo Tuomi (Rudolph Robertovich Saastamoinen) was born in 1916 in a Finnish farm community in Ishpeming, Michigan. His stepfather was a member of the Communist Party, and decided to move with his family to Russia in 1933, during the Great Depression. Tuomi worked in the lumber industry in Soviet Karelia. Later, from 1939 until 1946, he served in the Soviet army, fighting against Finland. After demobilization he lived in the city of Kirov, graduated from the Pedagogical Institute, and worked as an English teacher in various schools until 1957. At the same time, he was recruited by the KGB, went through training, and became a spy for Soviet Russia when he returned to the United States. He was quickly picked up by the FBI, and turned into a double agent, working under the direction of the Bureau, while pretending to continue as a Russian spy. His family (wife, three children, and sister) remained in Russia. He died in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1995 at the age of 78.
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Kaarlo Tuomi (Rudolph Robertovich Saastamoinen) was born in 1916 in a Finnish farm community in Ishpeming, Michigan. His stepfather was a member of the Communist Party, and decided to move with his family to Russia in 1933, during the Great Depression. Tuomi worked in the lumber industry in Soviet Karelia. Later, from 1939 until 1946, he served in the Soviet army, fighting against Finland. After demobilization he lived in the city of Kirov, graduated from the Pedagogical Institute, and worked as an English teacher in various schools until 1957. At the same time, he was recruited by the KGB, went through training, and became a spy for Soviet Russia when he returned to the United States. He was quickly picked up by the FBI, and turned into a double agent, working under the direction of the Bureau, while pretending to continue as a Russian spy. His family (wife, three children, and sister) remained in Russia. He died in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1995 at the age of 78. Kaarlo Tuomi (Rudolph Robertovich Sastamoinen) was born in Michigan in 1916. The family moved back to Russia in 1933. He was in the Red Army in 1939-1946. He taught English until 1957, when the KGB sent him to the United States, where the FBI picked him up and turned him into a double agent. His family remained in Russia. Tuomi died in Lake Worth, Florida in March 1995.
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- PublisherEnigma Books
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1936274558
- ISBN 13 9781936274550
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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