PENKOVSKY: MAN WITHOUT A FACE

Genre
Cold war
Number of episodes
1
Length
44

Colonel Oleg Penkovsky was a decorated WWII veteran and Soviet Intelligence officer. But in 1961, he became an agent of the British MI-5 and the American CIA, and set a spying record for the sheer volume and importance of materials transferred. The Soviets eventually arrested him, and it was death by firing squad. However, many people now believe that this was a masterpiece of KGB deception: no execution took place; Penkovsky is still alive

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