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Apr 23, 1919 Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia Alania, Russia Died on 16 May 1963 (aged 44)
British spy in the USSR
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About Oleg Penkovsky
- Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky (Russian: ???´? ?????´??????? ??????´?????; 23 April 1919 – 16 May 1963), codenamed HERO, was a Soviet military intelligence (GRU) colonel during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
- Penkovsky was responsible for informing the United Kingdom about the Soviet emplacement of missiles in Cuba, thus providing both the UK and the United States with the precise knowledge necessary to address rapidly developing military tensions with the Soviet Union.
- He was the highest ranking Soviet official to provide intelligence for the UK up until that time, and is one of several individuals credited with altering the course of the Cold War.
