Vassiliev, Alexander

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Dates:
Birth 1962-05-01
Gender:
Male
English,

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Biographical Note

1962, May 1 Born, Moscow, Soviet Union 1984 Graduated, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism, International Section, Moscow, Soviet Union 1984 1985 Employed, International Department, Komsomolskaya Pravda Daily, Moscow, Soviet Union 1985 Cadet, Andropov Red Banner Institute, KGB, Moscow, Soviet Union 1987 Graduated, Andropov Red Banner Institute, KGB, Moscow, Soviet Union 1987 1990 Operative, First Department, First Chief Directorate, KGB, Moscow, Soviet Union 1990 Resigned, KGB 1990 1996 Reporter and columnist, Komsomolskaya Pravda Daily, Moscow, Russia 1996 Moved to London, England 1999 Published with Allen Weinstein The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America–The Stalin Era. New York: Random House 2000 2009 Online producer, BBC World Service. Russian Section–Russian Services, London, England 2001 Sued Amazon.com and Frank Cass & Co., publisher of the Intelligence and National Security Journal, London, England for libel (lost the lawsuit in 2003) 2004 2006 Copublisher, editor, and designer, The Hyde Park, London, England 2009 Published with John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America. New Haven: Yale University Press

From the guide to the Alexander Vassiliev Papers, 1895-2011, (bulk 1930-1950), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Cryptography

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • Soviet Union (as recorded)

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