Oleg Gordievsky
Also known as Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky
colonel of the KGB
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- Works
- 12
Top works
- Sledui︠u︡shchai︠a︡ ostanovka rasstrel
- Next Stop Execution
- Sledvashta spirka--smurtta
- More Instructions from the Centre
- Comrade Kryuchkov's instructions
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1984-08-24
Discography
- I Feel Like A Voodoo2005
- Spirit2010
- En liten cola tack2011
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Article
Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky CMG (Russian: Оле́г Анто́нович Гордие́вский; assumed name: Anton Kelsen CMG; 10 October 1938 – 4 March 2025) was a colonel of the KGB who became KGB resident-designate (rezident) and bureau chief in London and a British spy.
Gordievsky was a double agent, providing information to the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1974 to 1985. After being recalled to Moscow under suspicion, he was exfiltrated from the Soviet Union in July 1985 under a plan code-named Operation Pimlico. The Soviet Union subsequently sentenced him to death in absentia.
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1938 births2025 deathsBritish spies against the Soviet UnionCompanions of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeDouble agentsEastern Bloc spies for the WestKGB officersMI6Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumniPeople sentenced to death in absentia by the Soviet UnionSoviet diplomatsSoviet intelligence personnel who defected to the United Kingdom