People granted political asylum in the Soviet Union

Turkish communist poet, playwright and novelist (1902–1963)

Spanish Republican leader of the Spanish Civil War and communist politician (1895-1989)

5th President of Czechoslovakia

3rd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (1929–1996)

former leader of the Italian Communist Party (1893–1964)

North Korean politician (1900–1955)

KGB mole for the Soviet Union (1912–1988)

Danish writer (1869–1954)

French politician (1900-1964)

Romanian politician (1893-1960)

Kurdish nationalist (1903–1979)

Portuguese politician and writer (1913-2005)

Bulgarian politician (1877—1950)

East German politician (1927-2016)

Czechoslovak politician (1901-1952)

British spy, a double agent in the service of the Soviet Union

British-born radio producer, intelligence and Foreign Office officer and double agent

Brazilian politician (1898-1990)

British diplomat and spy (1913–1983)

Japanese journalist (1859–1933)

Chilean politician (1916-2010)

Chinese politician (1904-1974)

labor organizer (1869-1928)

Hungarian born Soviet aircraft designer (1897–1974)

Spanish general (1907-1994)

Soviet politician (1903-1974)

Spanish general (1906–1969)

former leader of the Syrian Communist Party (SCP) (1912-1999)

Chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party and the National Government of Azerbaijan.

Brazilian poet (1930–2016)

Spanish politician

Lithuanian politician (1880-1935)

President of South Yemen (1939-1986)

Austrian literature historian, publicist and writer (1899-1972)

Spanish Hero of the USSR (1920–1942)

Czechoslovak politician, journalist and publicist (1880-1941)

Spanish general (1896-1966)

Austrian politician (1891-1968)

politician (1904-1937)

Bolivian politician (1929-2019)

Bulgarian politician (1898-1993)

German writer (1888–1963)

Uruguayan politician (1913-1989)

American journalist, novelist and spy for the Soviet Union (1908–1990)

Czech politician and publicist (1901-1944)

Lithuanian communist, Russian revolutionary, one of the leaders of the Communist Party of Lithuania (1882-1940)

Bulgarian politician (1878–1940)

Serbian politician (1878-1938)

Iranian poet (1927-1996)

Iranian poet

Film director, screenwriter (1949-2019)

Chilean lawyer, politician, and writer.

Finnish writer (1904-1965)

Israeli physician (1918–2015)

Montenegrin politician (1917-2001)

Afghanistani politician

CIA officer

Bulgarian general and politician (1904–1987)

Bulgarian politician (1897-1982)

Macedonian historian (1930–2023)