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This article is from the James Bond FAQ, by Michael Reed reed55@core.com with numerous contributions by others.

40 SMERSH

SMERSH is a conjunction of two Russian words: "Smiert Spionam" ("Death to
Spies"). They were the Soviet Secret Service's murder organization that Bond
faces in most of the early novels. SMERSH was a real organization for a time
but they had been swept into the KGB by the time Fleming featured them in
"From Russia, With Love". While no Bond film featured them as a main villain
(the "Russia" movie used SPECTRE instead) "The Living Daylights" used the
idea of a reformed SMERSH as a red herring proliferated by Georgi Koskov.

 

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