The Spy in the Archive, How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB
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In Cold War Moscow, Soviet archivist Vasili Mitrokhin risked his life to smuggle the KGB's most sensitive secrets out of the Soviet Union. When he defected to the West, he carried with him a hidden archive—thousands o...
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In Cold War Moscow, Soviet archivist Vasili Mitrokhin risked his life to smuggle the KGB's most sensitive secrets out of the Soviet Union. When he defected to the West, he carried with him a hidden archive—thousands of documents that would expose decades of Soviet espionage, assassinations, and covert operations across the globe.
Gordon Corera's meticulously researched account traces Mitrokhin's extraordinary journey from trusted KGB insider to fugitive, revealing how one man's courage to preserve the truth nearly toppled one of history's most feared intelligence agencies. Drawing on declassified files, personal testimony, and the archive itself, Corera unveils the KGB's darkest secrets and the human cost of defiance.
A gripping narrative of espionage, betrayal, and the power of documented evidence to change the course of history.
Gordon Corera's meticulously researched account traces Mitrokhin's extraordinary journey from trusted KGB insider to fugitive, revealing how one man's courage to preserve the truth nearly toppled one of history's most feared intelligence agencies. Drawing on declassified files, personal testimony, and the archive itself, Corera unveils the KGB's darkest secrets and the human cost of defiance.
A gripping narrative of espionage, betrayal, and the power of documented evidence to change the course of history.
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