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| + | | name = Oleg Gordievsky | ||
| + | | death_date = March 2025, Surrey | ||
| + | | occupation = KGB colonel; SIS agent | ||
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| + | '''Oleg Gordievsky''' was a KGB colonel who worked secretly for [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]]. In 1985 SIS exfiltrated him from the Soviet Union, and he lived in Britain until he died in March 2025, aged 86. Police said his death was not suspicious.<ref name="BBC2025">[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx07eel52xo Former KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies at Surrey home], BBC News, March 2025.</ref><ref name="AP2025">[https://apnews.com/article/cold-war-soviet-mi6-spy-gordievsky-dead-ab0bff2b2efdea01c5fbd965ab5465b5 Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's valuable KGB Cold War spy, dies at 86], AP News, March 2025.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Significance== | ||
| + | Obituaries credit the intelligence Gordievsky passed to the West with helping to calm Cold War tensions in the 1980s.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/21/oleg-gordievsky-obituary Oleg Gordievsky obituary], ''The Guardian'', 21 March 2025.</ref> [[Christopher Curwen]] was Chief of SIS at the time of the exfiltration.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10536155/Sir-Christopher-Curwen-obituary.html Sir Christopher Curwen – obituary], ''Daily Telegraph'', December 2013.</ref> | ||
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==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
*[[KGB]] | *[[KGB]] | ||
*[[Secret Intelligence Service]] | *[[Secret Intelligence Service]] | ||
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[[Category:Spooks|Gordievsky, Oleg]][[Category:MI6|Gordievsky, Oleg]] | [[Category:Spooks|Gordievsky, Oleg]][[Category:MI6|Gordievsky, Oleg]] | ||
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Oleg Gordievsky was a KGB colonel who worked secretly for MI6. In 1985 SIS exfiltrated him from the Soviet Union, and he lived in Britain until he died in March 2025, aged 86. Police said his death was not suspicious.[1][2]
Significance
Obituaries credit the intelligence Gordievsky passed to the West with helping to calm Cold War tensions in the 1980s.[3] Christopher Curwen was Chief of SIS at the time of the exfiltration.[4]
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ Former KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies at Surrey home, BBC News, March 2025.
- ↑ Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's valuable KGB Cold War spy, dies at 86, AP News, March 2025.
- ↑ Oleg Gordievsky obituary, The Guardian, 21 March 2025.
- ↑ Sir Christopher Curwen – obituary, Daily Telegraph, December 2013.