# Alexander Orlov

> Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov was a colonel in the Soviet secret police and a resident spy of the NKVD in the Second Spanish Republic. In 1938, Orlov refused to return to the Soviet Union due to fears of execution, and instead fled with his family to the United States. He is mostly known for secretly transporting the entire Spanish gold reserves to the USSR in exchange for military aid for the Spanish Republic and for his book, The Secret History of Stalin's Crimes.

*Soviet spy (1895–1973)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/alexander-orlov

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Born:** 1895-08-07
- **Died:** 1973-04-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 16.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [亚历山大·米哈伊洛维奇·奥尔洛夫](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%9A%E5%8E%86%E5%B1%B1%E5%A4%A7%C2%B7%E7%B1%B3%E5%93%88%E4%BC%8A%E6%B4%9B%E7%BB%B4%E5%A5%87%C2%B7%E5%A5%A5%E5%B0%94%E6%B4%9B%E5%A4%AB)
- [الكسندر مايكلوفيتش اورلوف](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81)
- [Аляксандр Міхайлавіч Арлоў](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%9E)
- [Aleksandr Orlov](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Orlov)
- [Alexander Michailowitsch Orlow](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Michailowitsch_Orlow)
- [Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Orlov_(Soviet_defector))
- [Alexander Orlov](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Orlov)
- [Aleksandr Mihhailovitš Orlov](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Mihhailovit%C5%A1_Orlov)
- [الکساندر اورولو](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88)
- [Aleksandr Orlov](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Orlov)
- [Alexandre Orlov](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Orlov)
- [אלכסנדר אורלוב](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%91)
- [アレクサンドル・オルロフ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95)
- [ალექსანდრე ორლოვი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98)
- [Aleksandr Orlov](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Orlov)
- [Aleksandr Orłow (funkcjonariusz NKWD)](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Or%C5%82ow_(funkcjonariusz_NKWD))
- [Орлов, Александр Михайлович](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Aleksandr Orlov](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Orlov)
- [Орлов Олександр Михайлович](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525910)

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