Stalin's Agent by Boris Volodarsky

The Life and Death of Alexander Orlov

A concise investigative biography tracing the rise of a senior Soviet intelligence officer from revolutionary origins through his pivotal role in foreign operations and political repression, concentrating on his clandestine activities in Europe and the Spanish Civil War, his dramatic escape and defection, and the revelations and controversies that followed as he exposed the inner workings of Stalin’s security apparatus.

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