# Alexander Vassiliev

> Alexander Yuryevich Vassiliev is a Russian-British journalist, writer, and espionage historian living in London who is a subject matter expert in the Soviet KGB and Russian SVR. A former officer in the KGB, he is known for his two books based upon KGB archival documents: Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, co-authored with John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, and The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America: the Stalin Era, co-authored with Allen Weinstein.

*Russian writer*

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

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Born:** 1962-05-01
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.3 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Васильев, Александр Юрьевич (журналист)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%B6%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82))
- [ألكسندر فاسيلييف (صحفي)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%81_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A))
- [اليكساندر ڤاسيليڤ (صحفى)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%A4_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%89))
- [الکساندر واسیلیف](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81)
- [Alexander Vassiliev](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Vassiliev)
- [Alexandre Vassiliev](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Vassiliev)
- [Alexander Vassiliev](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Vassiliev)
- [Alexandre Vassiliev](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Vassiliev)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2834108)

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