Editing Rudolf Abel (section)

== Legacy ==
* His fate inspired [[Vadim Kozhevnikov]] to write the adventure novel ''Shield and Sword''. Although the name of the main character is Alexander Belov and is associated with Abel's name, the plot of the book is significantly different from the real fate of William August Fisher.<ref>According to the lieutenant general of the Foreign Intelligence V. G. Pavlov: “The very first chapter of the novel, called “The Shield and the Sword”, aroused categorical objections from me and R. I. Abel. The Soviet intelligence officer Alexander Belov appeared before readers as some sort of James Bond modification, with adventurous antics and immoral acts. [...] R. I. Abel resolutely expressed his firm reluctance to associate his name with such a hero "(V. G. Pavlov, Operation Snow, Moscow: ''Geya''. 1996. p. 188).</ref>
* For the first time Abel showed himself to the general public in 1968, when he addressed his compatriots with an introductory speech to the film ''[[Dead Season]]'' (as an official consultant to the picture).
* In 2008, Yuri Linkevich shot the documentary "Unknown Abel".
* In 2009, the [[Channel One Russia]] created an artistic two-part biographical film ''The US Government against Rudolf Abel'' (starring [[Yury Belyayev]]).
* In [[Steven Spielberg]]'s 2015 film ''[[Bridge of Spies (film)|Bridge of Spies]]'', Fisher/Abel is portrayed by [[Mark Rylance]]. For his performance, Rylance won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] and the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/12177289/oscars-mark-rylance-supporting-actor.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160229175735/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/12177289/oscars-mark-rylance-supporting-actor.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = February 29, 2016| title = Mark Rylance wins Best Supporting Actor in the most high profile British win of Oscars 2016| author = Catherine Gee| date = February 29, 2016| access-date = May 17, 2016| publisher = Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/xbZC51nLh2kR8BlKP14TVS/bafta-film-award-nominations-and-winners-2016| title = BAFTA Film Award Nominations and Winners 2016| date = February 10, 2016| access-date = May 17, 2016| publisher = BBC One}}</ref>
* On 18 December 2015, on the eve of the Day of State Security Officers (a professional holiday), a grand opening ceremony of the memorial plaque to William Genrikhovich Fisher took place in [[Samara]]. The plaque, authored by Samara architect Dmitry Khramov, appeared on 8, Molodogvardeyskaya Street. It is believed that exactly here the family of the intelligence officer lived during the years of World War II. William Genrikhovich himself at that time taught radio business at a secret intelligence school, and later led [[Funkspiel|counterintelligence radio operation]] against German intelligence from Kuibyshev.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://samadm.ru/media/news/4720/ |title=A memorial plaque to the legendary Soviet intelligence officer William Fisher was put up in Samara |access-date=2 January 2020 |archive-date=5 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805023132/http://samadm.ru/media/news/4720/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In 1990 the USSR released a stamp depicting Rudolf Abel as part of series: ''"Intelligence Agents"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/171579-Portrait_of_RI_Abel_1903-1971-Intelligence_Agents-Soviet_Union_USSR|title=Portrait of R.I. Abel (1903-1971)|publisher=Colnect.com|access-date=January 2, 2020}}</ref>