Anatoliy Golitsyn

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mikhaylovich and the family name is Golitsyn.
Anatoliy Golitsyn
CBE
Born
Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Golitsyn

(1926-08-25)25 August 1926
Pyriatyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died29 December 2008(2008-12-29) (aged 82)
Occupation(s)Author, KGB operative (formerly)
Known forSoviet KGB defector

Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Golitsyn CBE (Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Голицын; 25 August 1926 – 29 December 2008)[1] was a Soviet KGB defector and author of two books about the long-term deception strategy of the KGB leadership. He was born in Pyriatyn, USSR. He provided "a wide range of intelligence to the CIA on the operations of most of the 'Lines' (departments) at the Helsinki and other residencies, as well as KGB methods of recruiting and running agents."[2] He became an American citizen by 1984.[3]

  1. ^ Corera, Gordon (2011). The Art of Betrayal: Life and Death in the British Secret Service. Orion Publishing Group. ISBN 9780297861010.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mitrokhin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Arnold Beichman, New lies for old: the communist strategy of deception and disinformation. - book reviews, National Review, September 7, 1984