This story happened in the early 1970s. told me

A family member who served with the hero at the border. After the service

Gregory Melekhov (the real surname, as in the hero of the Pacific Don), was

He was sent to the Customs Faculty of the KGB School. After graduating from school he was

He was sent for an internship at the Odessa Trade Port. Literally in the first.

The same day pointed out that the boxes with export equipment,

long lying on the shore were struck down with new glossy nails. This is

It reminded him of fake documents.

Stainless steel made by the Germans during the war. Gregory turned to

The attention of the boss. It turned out that all the nails were stamped off.

Thick platinum wire. A few dozen kilograms.

and platinum. For the hero everything ended almost well; he was rewarded.

Jubilee Lenin Medal (100 years of the leader's birth)

Extraordinary rank of senior lieutenant and pinch in the ass who sent him to

The southernmost port of Russia-Vladivostok. They were so clever in Odessa.

not needed.