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Oleg Penkovsky

1919 - 1963

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His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Oleg Penkovsky is the 3,817th most popular politician (down from 2,988th in 2024), the 322nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 282nd in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Russian Politician.

Oleg Penkovsky was a Soviet military intelligence officer who spied for the United States and Britain. He passed information to the CIA and MI6 from 1961 to 1963. His information helped the West understand Soviet military capabilities.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Oleg Penkovsky ranks 3,817 out of 19,576. Before him are Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Bagrat III of Georgia, Conrad I of Burgundy, Emperor Kaika, and Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk. After him are Charles II, Duke of Parma, Gaius Flaminius, Pekahiah, Kilij Arslan II, Agnes of Merania, and Gjon Kastrioti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Oleg Penkovsky ranks 41. Before him are Andreas Papandreou, Leon Festinger, Hans-Joachim Marseille, James M. Buchanan, Jennifer Jones, and Gerhard Barkhorn. After him are César Manrique, Mordechai Anielewicz, Martin Balsam, Boris Shcherbina, Lex Barker, and Jackie Robinson. Among people deceased in 1963, Oleg Penkovsky ranks 36. Before him are Richard Baer, Richard Barthelmess, Rajendra Prasad, Theodore von Kármán, Kurt Zeitzler, and Karl Bühler. After him are Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Piero Manzoni, Michael Rockefeller, Sabu Dastagir, and Pedro Armendáriz.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Oleg Penkovsky ranks 322 out of NaN. Before him are Gerhard Barkhorn (1919), Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (1586), Alfred Schnittke (1934), Viktor Shklovsky (1893), Vasily Perov (1834), and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860). After him are Sergius of Radonezh (1314), George Balanchine (1904), Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874), Vasily Zhukovsky (1783), Pavlik Morozov (1918), and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860).

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Among Politicians In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Oleg Penkovsky ranks 103. Before him are Simeon of Moscow (1316), Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), Pyotr Krasnov (1869), Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895), Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784), and Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (1586). After him are Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860), Yury of Moscow (1281), Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (1779), Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783), Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1832), and Oleg Gordievsky (1938).

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