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Kim Philby
Sign in to saveAlso known as Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby, Harold Adrian Russell Philby, Sohnchen, Sonny, Stanley
KGB mole for the Soviet Union (1912–1988)
Key facts
- Born
- Harold Adrian Russell Philby , ( 1912-01-01 ) 1 January 1912, Ambala , Punjab , British India
- Died
- 11 May 1988 (1988-05-11) (aged 76), Moscow , Russian SFSR , USSR
- Burial place
- Kuntsevo Cemetery Ryabinovaya Ulitsa, Moscow
- Education
- Westminster School
- Alma mater
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Spouses
- Litzi Friedmann Aileen Furse Eleanor Brewer Rufina Ivanovna Pukhova
- Parent
- St John Philby
- Awards
- Order of Lenin , Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Allegiance
- Soviet Union
- Codename
- Sonny, Stanley
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Russell
- Family name
- Philby
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ambala
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Father
- St John Philby
- Occupation
- intelligence officer
- Educated at
- Westminster School
- Employer
- KGB
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Kim Philby 1955.jpg
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- birth name
- Harold Adrian Russell Philby
- place of burial
- Kuntsevo Cemetery
- Commons category
- Kim Philby
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1912-01-01
- date of death
- 1988-05-11
- name in native language
- Kim Philby
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Cambridge Five
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
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Encyclopedic overview
Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (1 January 1912 – 11 May 1988) was a British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union. In 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring that had divulged British secrets to the Soviets during World War II and in the early stages of the Cold War. Of the five, Philby is widely considered to have been the most successful in providing secret information to the Soviets.
Born in British India, Philby was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was recruited by Soviet intelligence in 1934, while he was studying at Cambridge. After leaving Cambridge, Philby worked as a journalist, covering the Spanish Civil War and the Battle of France. In 1940, he began working for the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6). By the end of the Second World War he had become a high-ranking member.
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