A short walk from Polezhaevskaya metro station standing at the beginning of Ulitsa Zorge is a statue to the master Soviet spy Richard Sorge (sometimes transliterated Zorge).  Sorge operated from Japan during the Second World War.  Two vital pieces information that Zorge gave to Stalin was that in June 1941 Germany was preparing an invasion of the USSR for 22 June (information that Stalin chose to ignore) and that in September 1941 Japan was not planning an attack, which thankfully Stalin believed and permitted Siberian troops to be transferred to defend Moscow. Sorge was eventually caught and hanged in 1944, after the Soviets refused an exchange stating they had no connection with Sorge. Sorge is often regarded as one of the best spies ever and even as an inspiration for James Bond.  This monument to him was erected in 1985.