# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oleg-gordievsky
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:02:50.870Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oleg-gordievsky"
name: "Oleg Gordievsky"
slug: "oleg-gordievsky"
description: "Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky was a colonel of the KGB who became KGB resident-designate (rezident) and bureau chief in London and a British spy."
tagline: "Colonel of the KGB"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oleg_Gordievsky_in_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-10-10"
deathDate: "2025-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.963683190065526
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump