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Igor Gouzenko

1919 - 1982

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Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko (Russian: Игорь Сергеевич Гузенко; Ukrainian: Ігор Сергійович Гузенко; January 26, 1919 – June 25, 1982) was a cipher clerk for the Soviet embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, and a lieutenant of the Soviet Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU). He defected on September 5, 1945, three days after the end of World War II, with 109 documents on the USSR's espionage activities in the West. In response, Canada's Prime Minister, Mackenzie King, called a royal commission to investigate espionage in Canada. Gouzenko exposed Soviet intelligence's efforts to steal nuclear secrets as well as the technique of planting sleeper agents. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Gouzenko is the 3,082nd most popular writer (up from 3,316th in 2019), the 1,086th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,225th in 2019) and the 128th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Igor Gouzenko ranks 3,082 out of 7,302. Before him are Jim Carroll, Josephine Tey, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Al-A'sha, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, and Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos. After him are Philotheus of Pskov, Charles Pinot Duclos, Elmore Leonard, Samuel Smiles, Antoninus Liberalis, and Dodie Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Igor Gouzenko ranks 152. Before him are Anne Buydens, Salomon Morel, Robert Stack, Paavo Aaltonen, Mariano Martín, and Werner Goldberg. After him are Pál Losonczi, Vera Aceva, Julia Robinson, Hyman Minsky, Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, and Ota Šik. Among people deceased in 1982, Igor Gouzenko ranks 124. Before him are Georg Konrad Morgen, Lauri Virtanen, Warren Oates, Nahum Goldmann, Christian Ferras, and Georg Leibbrandt. After him are Allen Woodring, Carlos Vidal, Kim Duk-koo, BP Koirala, Federico Moreno Torroba, and Ulla Jacobsson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Gouzenko ranks 1,086 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Tkachenko (1957), Aleksey Pisemsky (1821), Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938), Nikolay Rumyantsev (1754), Ghazi Muhammad (1795), and George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (1852). After him are Philotheus of Pskov (1465), Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (1912), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), Gotthilf Hagen (1797), Alexander Kaidanovsky (1946), and Pavel Kiselyov (1788).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Igor Gouzenko ranks 128. Before him are Friedrich von Lütke (1797), Leonid Leonov (1899), Rachel Bluwstein (1890), Şihabetdin Märcani (1818), Aleksey Pisemsky (1821), and Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938). After him are Philotheus of Pskov (1465), Alexey Troitsky (1866), Andrei Amalrik (1938), Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910), Mikhail Kuzmin (1872), and Valentin Rasputin (1937).

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