 max otto von stierlitz (, ) is the lead character in a popular russian book series written in the 1960s by novelist yulian semyonov and of the television adaptation seventeen moments of spring, starring vyacheslav tikhonov, as well as in feature films, produced in the soviet era, and in a number of sequels and prequels. other actors portrayed stirlitz in several other films. stirlitz has become a stereotypical spy in soviet and post-soviet culture, similar to james bond in western culture. ==character== in the universe of the seventeen moments of spring, stirlitz is the cover name for a soviet super-spy colonel maxim maximovich isaev (ÐÐ°ÐºÑÐ¸ÌÐ¼ ÐÐ°ÐºÑÐ¸ÌÐ¼Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÐÑÐ°ÌÐµÐ²), whose "real" name is vsevolod vladimirovich vladimirov (ÐÑÐµÌÐ²Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ð´ ÐÐ»Ð°Ð´Ð¸ÌÐ¼Ð¸ÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÐÐ»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸ÑÐ¾Ð²).according to the first novel about him, "diamonds for the dictatorship of the proletariat" stirlitz takes a key role in ss reich main security office in berlin during world war ii, infiltrating ausland-sd (foreign intelligence) headed by walter schellenberg. working deep undercover, stirlitz tries to collect intelligence about the germans' war plans and communicate it to moscow. he receives instructions from moscow on how to proceed, on one occasion traveling to switzerland on a secret mission. he diverts the german nuclear "vengeance weapon" research program into a fruitless dead-end, thwarts peace talks between nazi germany, the united kingdom and the united states, engages in intellectual games with members o
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