Alexander Vassiliev
Alexander Vassiliev | |
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Alexander Vassiliev | |
| Born | May 1, 1962 Moscow, RSFSR, USSR |
| Language | Russian, English |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Period | 1983–present |
| Genre | Espionage |
| Subject | Soviet intelligence, Russian intelligence |
| Notable works | The Haunted Wood (1999), Spies (2009) |
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Alexander Yuryevich Vassiliev (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Васильев; born 1962) is a Russian-British journalist, writer and espionage historian living in London who is a subject matter expert in the Soviet KGB and Russian SVR. A former officer in the Soviet Committee for State Security (KGB), he is known for his two books based upon KGB archival documents: Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, co-authored with John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, and The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America: the Stalin Era, co-authored with Allen Weinstein.