made sure that the city of Stalingrad never appeared as Stalin grad
(Stalin is a reptile). They also made sure that the publications of en-
emies of the peopledisappeared from bookstores and libraries, and
that they were never quoted, except to show their errors. Glavlit
worked closely with the KGB’s Fifth Directorate (Counterintelli-
gencewithin the Intelligentsia) in monitoring the illegal publication
of anti-Soviet material. Authors whose material was rejected by
Glavlitfor political or ideological reasons were reported to the KGB
and were kept on a watch list.GOGLIDZE, SERGEI ARSENYEVICH (1901–1953). A protégé of
Lavrenty Beria, Goglidze rose quickly with his mentor and became
one of the most powerful Chekistsin Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union.
Goglidze left the tsarist army in 1917 and joined the Red Army two
months after the BolshevikRevolution. He joined the Chekain 1921
and served at posts in Central Asia and in Georgia, where he came to
Beria’s attention.
When Beria was appointed to the leadership of the NKVD,
Goglidze was assigned to purge Leningrad of enemies. In 1941 he
was sent by Beria to oversee developments in the Far East. He held
positions in both counterintelligenceand labor camp administration
during the next decade. Goglidze was promoted to colonel general in
1945 and was appointed by Stalin to the Communist PartyCentral
Committee. Following Stalin’s death in March 1953, Goglidze was
responsible for security arrangements for the dictator’s funeral. He
was then appointed by Beria to a series of important posts, but with
his mentor’s fall four months later, his fate was sealed. He was ar-
rested on 7 July and tried and shot with Beria on 23 December 1953.GOLD, HARRY (1910–1974).Born in Switzerland to Russian Jewish
parents, Gold was brought to the United States as a small child. He
was recruited by the Soviets in 1935 to provide information on Amer-
ican industrial and scientific technology. Gold’s service to Moscow
was paid for, though he later claimed that he was an ideological re-
cruit. The NKVDgave Gold funds to finish his postgraduate educa-
tion in chemistry. During World War II, Gold was assigned by the
NKVD’s New York rezidenturato maintain contact with Klaus
Fuchs, serving as a courier for documents on the Anglo-AmericanGOLD, HARRY (1910–1974)•9506-313 A-G.qxd 7/27/06 7:55 AM Page 95