Leen Kullman

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Leen Kullman
Born 31 January 1910
Tartu, Russian empire
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USSR
Allegiance  Soviet Union
Awards Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin

Helene (Leen) Kullman (31 January 1910, Tartu – 6 March 1943, Tartu) was an Estonian agent of Soviet military intelligence during World War II.

Joining the Red Army in January 1942, she originally served as a nurse; in April 1942, she was transferred to intelligence. In September 1942, she was inserted behind German lines near Tartu. In January 1943, she was arrested by the local Gestapo and subsequently executed. She was named a Hero of the Soviet Union on 8 May 1963.

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