Vassiliev, Alexander

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)