Konon Molody
KGB officer (1922–1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Konon Trofimovich Molody (Russian: Ко́нон Трофи́мович Моло́дый; 17 January 1922 – 9 September 1970) 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 the late 1950s until 1961.
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Konon Molody | |
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Born | 17 January 1922[1][2] |
Died | 9 September 1970 (aged 48)[1][2] |
Occupation | Spy |
Awards | Order of the Red Banner Order of the Patriotic War Order of the Red Star |
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