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Oleg Gordievsky

1938 - 2025

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Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky (Оле́г Анто́нович Гордие́вский; 10 October 1938 – 4 March 2025) was a colonel of the KGB who became KGB resident-designate (rezident) and bureau chief in London. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oleg Gordievsky is the 4,052nd most popular politician (up from 8,242nd in 2019), the 352nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 796th in 2019) and the 109th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oleg Gordievsky ranks 4,052 out of 19,576. Before him are Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, Gülçiçek Hatun, Guy, Count of Flanders, Przemysł II, Adad-nirari I, and J. R. Jayewardene. After him are Sverre of Norway, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Cao Zhi, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, and Henry I of Navarre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Oleg Gordievsky ranks 69. Before him are David Irving, Raymond Carver, Wim Kok, István Szabó, Giuliano Amato, and Brian Dennehy. After him are Takehiko Kawanishi, Terry Wogan, Georg Baselitz, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Etta James, and Angelo Amato. Among people deceased in 2025, Oleg Gordievsky ranks 40. Before him are Violeta Chamorro, Jochen Mass, Costas Simitis, Ján Zachara, Alfredo Palacio, and Vitold Fokin. After him are Alfred Brendel, Luis Galván, Oliviero Toscani, Jules Wijdenbosch, Joseph Nye, and Hugo Gatti.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Oleg Gordievsky ranks 352 out of 3,761. Before him are Fyodor Tyutchev (1803), Avvakum (1620), Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1832), Andrei Konchalovsky (1937), Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859), and Edith Södergran (1892). After him are Dmitry Ustinov (1908), Lovis Corinth (1858), Yevdokiya Lopukhina (1669), Leonid Govorov (1897), Karl Bryullov (1799), and Alexander Litvinenko (1962).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Oleg Gordievsky ranks 109. Before him are Oleg Penkovsky (1919), Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860), Yury of Moscow (1281), Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (1779), Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783), and Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1832). After him are Dmitry Ustinov (1908), Jani Beg (1300), Nikolai Patrushev (1951), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786), Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia (1886), and Anna Dostoevskaya (1846).

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