# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-orlov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:01:10.494Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-orlov"
name: "Alexander Orlov"
slug: "alexander-orlov"
description: "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."
tagline: "Soviet spy (1895–1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Orlov.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
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  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1895-08-07"
deathDate: "1973-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump