The Soviet-Israeli War, 1967–1973. The USSR’s Military Intervention in the Egyptian-Israeli Conflict

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politrabotnik), xxv, xxvii, 70, 83, 122,
135, 139, 153, 176, 185, 191, 195–197,
220–1, 224–5, 257, 270, 345, 364n44,
368n22, 369n44, 426n58
Poluektov, Evgeny (Soviet interpreter),
136, 407n10–11
Ponomarev, Boris (CPSU official), 237,
259, 433n32
Popov, Konstantin (Soviet SAM officer),
133, 135, 140, 195–7, 213, 243
Popov, V. I. (Soviet naval officer), 79,
391n27
Port Fuad, Eg ypt, 24–6, 29, 56, 272, 353,
401n32
Port Said, Eg ypt, 20, 22–4, 26–9, 31–2,
36, 38–9, 56, 59, 62, 74, 79–80, 82–3,
106, 108, 118, 141, 162, 167–8, 178,
270, 272, 299, 311, 328, 352–3,
377n89, 391n27, 401n33, 416n34,
450–1n36–37
Port Tawfik, Eg ypt, 77, 86, 390n20
Povelko, V. P. (Soviet adviser), 146
Pozhidaev, Dmitry (Soviet diplomat), 5,
15, 26, 371n83
Pravda (CPSU organ), 34, 102, 107, 195,
237, 254
Presnukhin, Vladimir (Soviet SAM
officer), 154, 258, 406n2, 421n1
Primakov, Evgeny, (journalist and KGB
operative), xxii, 378n8; and Israel, 68,
102, 237, 347; and Israeli nuclear
project, 386n5, 387n10; and KGB
abductions, 186; and Sadat, 232, 235,
237; and Six Day War, 34; talks with
Israelis, 71, 99, 234, 237–40, 242–244,
247, 249–51, 258, 265, 293, 313–4,
432n12; and War of Attrition, 107
Peace Jack (US F–4 adaptation project),
227
Priha (IAF “depth bombings” in Eg ypt),
xiv, 57, 76, 113–4, 116, 118–9, 129,
142–5, 144–5, 150, 156, 162–6, 170,

249, 290, 322, 409n51–52, 410n66,

412n2

Pushkin, Anatoly (Russian general), 337

Putin, Vladimir (Russian president),

xxviii-xxix, 60, 115, 221, 301, 338,

359–60

Qaddafi, Muammar (Libyan revolution

leader), 69, 261

Qantara, Eg ypt, 23–4, 108, 376n74,

423n39

Qassassin, Eg ypt, 62

Qawm Ushim airbase, Eg ypt, 62

Quandt, William (US official and

historian), 164, 166, 264, 284, 332, 340,

342, 415n13, 447n32, 451n6

Qarun (lake in Eg ypt), 62, 197

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Ra’anan, Uri (US historian), 265,

445–6n11

Rabin, Yitzhak (IDF chief of staff and

Israeli diplomat), 25–6, 30, 67, 97,

147–9, 203, 227–9, 275, 313, 411n79,

412–13n87, 435n13

Ras Banas naval base, Eg ypt, 168

Ras el-Ish, Eg ypt, 24–9, 33, 37, 63, 79, 97,

168

Ras Gharib, Eg ypt, 138–9

Razinkov, Mikhail (Soviet interpreter),

346–7

Redeye (US anti-aircraft missile), 121

Refidim (Bir Gafgafa) airbase, Sinai, 45, 96,

163, 183, 196, 418n30, 433–4n36

Remez, Aharon (Israeli ambassador), 165,

387n12, 415n19

Reston, James (US journalist), 214, 232

Riad, Abdel Moneim (Eg yptian chief of

staff ), 43, 46–8, 53, 56, 85, 92, 106–8,

128

Riad, Mahmud (Eg yptian foreign

minister), 35, 128, 132, 175, 190, 234,

250, 384n22, 396n26, 437n47, 442n34