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Sidney Reilly

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Russian-born adventurer and secret agent (1873-1925)

Lived 1873 to 1925 · aged 52
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Sidney George Reilly, fictionalized as the "Ace of Spies", was a Russian-born adventurer and secret agent employed by Scotland Yard's Special Branch and later by the Foreign Section of the British Secret Service Bureau, the precursor to the modern British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6/SIS).

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A 1904 photograph of Ethel Voynich, née Boole. In 2016, new archival evidence surfaced confirming Boole's relations with Reilly.[28]A 1904 photograph of Ethel Voynich, née Boole. In 2016, new archival evidence surfaced confirming Boole's relations with Reilly.[28]William Melville purportedly created the cover identity of Sidney Reilly for Rosenblum.[38]William Melville purportedly created the cover identity of Sidney Reilly for Rosenblum.[38]Port Arthur, Manchuria, c. 1898-1901, with docked Imperial Russian gunboat Bobr and battleship NavarinPort Arthur, Manchuria, c. 1898-1901, with docked Imperial Russian gunboat Bobr and battleship NavarinA 1904 ukiyo-e print of the night attack on Port Arthur by the Japanese Navy. The surprise attack was made possible by the intelligence gathering of Reilly and Ho Liang Shung.A 1904 ukiyo-e print of the night attack on Port Arthur by the Japanese Navy. The surprise attack was made possible by the intelligence gathering of Reilly and Ho Liang Shung.The Krupp armaments factory in Essen, photographed circa 1915The Krupp armaments factory in Essen, photographed circa 1915

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Sidney George Reilly, fictionalized as the "Ace of Spies", was a Russian-born adventurer and secret agent employed by Scotland Yard's Special Branch and later by the Foreign Section of the British Secret Service Bureau, the precursor to the modern British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6/SIS). He is alleged to have spied for at least four different great powers, and documentary evidence indicates that he was involved in espionage activities in 1890s London among Russian émigré circles, in Manchuria on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05), and in an abortive 1918 coup d'état against Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik government in Moscow.

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Lived 1873 to 1925 · aged 52
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