Oleg Gordievsky

Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky, born in Moscow in 1938, was an officer of the KGB. He was acting KGB bureau chief in London before becoming one of the highest ranking KGB defectors ever. After being stationed in several European capitals, he ended up in London in the mid-1960s; by 1968, he decided to defect to the British MI6, who employed him as a double agent.

Related Topics:
Moscow - 1938 - KGB - London - Europe - 1960s - 1968 - British - MI6 - Double agent

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Gordievsky was eventually found out by the KGB; he was ordered back to Moscow in 1984 and arrested at the dacha of one of his superiors. He was rescued by British Secret Services after a few weeks of interrogation and transported back to London, although the exact information on how this was done is still classified.

Related Topics:
Moscow - 1984 - Dacha

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Gordievsky's books on KGB operations and history are considered by some to be among the best sources for reliable information about the secret operations of an obsessively secretive state.

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