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Video: Spy, get out! 5 most famous secret agents
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
A spy, a scout, a secret agent - all these words define a person who is considered a hero in one country, and a traitor in another. Anyone who became a spy knew perfectly well that he was taking a huge risk. And if some such an occupation seduced with good pay, others went on assignments for reasons of morality and honor.
Richard Sorge
The German-born Soviet spy Richard Sorge is considered a legend among spies. During World War II, he collected valuable information and passed it on to the Soviet Union while in Japan. Sorge so cleverly managed to organize his agent network that for 10 years he was consistently supplied with important information that influenced the course of the war. In 1944, Richard Sorge was declassified, tortured for a long time, and then executed by hanging. READ MORE …
Ian Fleming
It is to Ian Fleming that we owe the appearance of books about the adventures of James Bond. Before becoming a writer, he served in British Naval Intelligence. Officer Ian Flemming liked to describe risky espionage operations more in works than to experience them in real life.
Sydney Reilly
It is believed that one of the prototypes of James Bond was the British agent Sydney Reilly. His biography is full of white spots, but it is known that the future spy was born in Odessa under the name Solomon Rosenblum. At 19, he ended up on a British ship and was recruited by Her Majesty's intelligence. Reilly spoke seven languages fluently and was an ardent opponent of the Bolshevik regime that had come to power in the USSR. The spy quite successfully carried out provocative and sabotage operations against the communists, but in 1925 he was captured by the NKVD and then shot. READ MORE ….
Kim Philby
Kim Philby was of an old English family. As a student, he began to read the works of Karl Marx. In 1934, he was recruited by Soviet intelligence. Kim Philby needed to join the British Army Intelligence Service. He achieved this and his career took off. The information he gathered for British intelligence was incredibly valuable. Philby even headed the "anti-communism department." For a long time no one could suspect that he was a double agent. When threatened with failure, Kim Philby was transported to the Soviet Union. There he was presented to several awards. Given his experience, Philby was often brought in to advise the secret services. READ MORE …
Olga Chekhova
In 1920 Olga Chekhova moved from Russia to Germany. There she built a brilliant acting career. She was called "The Muse" of Hitler, this woman was on friendly terms with Mussolini and Goebbels. Some researchers believe that Chekhova worked for Soviet intelligence. However, only circumstantial evidence is provided to support this version. The actress herself, until her death, claimed that she had nothing to do with espionage. READ MORE …
Perhaps, Soviet historians really wanted her to be a secret agent, Chekhov was too close to the powers that be. And yet in post-war Europe they called Russian Mata Hari.
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