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Konon Molody

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KGB officer (1922-1970)

Lived 1922 to 1970 · aged 48
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Konon Trofimovich Molody was a Soviet intelligence officer, known in the West as Gordon Arnold Lonsdale. Posing as a Canadian businessman during the Cold War, he was a non-official (illegal) KGB intelligence agent and the mastermind of the Portland spy ring, which operated in Britain from 1953 until 1961.

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Molody in 1936Molody in 1936Molody on a 1990 Soviet stamp.[a]Molody on a 1990 Soviet stamp.[a]

Awards 12

Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Order of the Red Star
Medal "For Battle Merit"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Honorary Officer of the State Security
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class

Connected to Konon 6

Ilya StarinovAlso won Honorary Officer of the State SecurityElizaveta MukaseiAlso won Honorary Officer of the State SecurityBogdan KobulovAlso won Honorary Officer of the State SecurityKarl PaukerAlso won Honorary Officer of the State SecuritySalchak TokaAlso won Honorary Officer of the State SecurityGleb BokiiAlso won Honorary Officer of the State Security

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deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 1970 · aged 48
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