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Kim Philby

KGB mole for the Soviet Union (1912-1988) · United Kingdom · Journalists · Died at 76

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Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby was a British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union. In 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring that had divulged British secrets to the Soviets during World War II and in the early stages of the Cold War.

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire1946
Cross of Military Merit with Red Decoration1938
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Lenin
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Honorary Officer of the State Security
Order of the British Empire
Cross of Military Merit

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Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby was a British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union. In 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring that had divulged British secrets to the Soviets during World War II and in the early stages of the Cold War. Of the five, Philby is widely considered to have been the most successful in providing secret information to the Soviets.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 1988 · aged 76

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