Biography

Oleg Gordievsky was born on October 10, 1938 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Vsyo OK (2024), Wanted (1996) and Behind the Headlines (1990). He was married to Yelena Akopian and Leila Aliyeva. He died on March 4, 2025 in Godalming, Surrey, England, UK.

Former KGB Colonel.

He was awarded the C.M.G. (Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) in the 2007 Queen Elizabeth Birthday Honors List for his diplomatic services.

Gordievsky was said to be Britain's most valuable spy in living memory inside Russia's intelligence agencies.

He has lived in Surrey under police protection since Moscow became suspicious of him in 1985 and he narrowly escaped arrest, trial and a firing squad by getting smuggled across the border into Finland in the boot of a car.