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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Oleg_PenkovskyOleg Penkovsky - Wikipedia

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   Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky (Russian: Олег Владимирович Пеньковский; 23 April 1919 – 16 May 1963), codenamed Hero (by the CIA) and Yoga (by MI6) was a Soviet military intelligence colonel during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

3. www.britannica.com › Oleg-Vladimirovich-PenkovskyOleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky | Cold War, Spy, Intelligence

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   Apr 19, 2024 · Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky was a senior Soviet military intelligence officer who was convicted of spying for the United Kingdom and the United States. He was probably the West’s most valuable double agent during the Cold War. Penkovsky joined the Soviet Red Army in 1937 and served as an artillery.

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   Who is Oleg Penkovsky?

   • Sign up to receive the FREE briefing to your inbox. Russian Lt. Col. Oleg Penkovsky, portrayed by actor Merab Ninidze in the Benjamin Cumberbatch thriller The Courier (2020), is hailed as ‘the spy who saved the world’, the West’s most valuable Cold War double agent, and the man who risked his life to stop a nuclear war between superpowers.

   Cuban Missile Crisis: The Untold Story of Russian Spy Oleg Penkovsky

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   Was Oleg Penkovsky a double agent?

   • Now a legitimate double agent, Oleg Penkovsky spent the next two years providing his Western contacts with stolen top-secret documents, war plans, military manuals — and nuclear missile diagrams. These were routinely smuggled through contacts like Wynne and given the CIA codename “Ironbark.”

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   How did Oleg Penkovsky help prevent nuclear war?

   • Though much of America’s knowledge of the Soviet nuclear missile installations in Cuba came from spy plane photographs, one man defied his country to bring America vital intelligence that helped prevent nuclear war. Wikimedia Commons Oleg Penkovsky’s father died in the Russian Revolution.

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   • Stuzhin & Cheredintzev/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Some believe Penkovsky was burned alive as Soviet punishment for his treasonous espionage. Officially, he was shot to death. For Oleg Penkovsky, however, his world-altering espionage work hastened his death.

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5. allthatsinteresting.com › oleg-penkovskyHow Soviet Spy Oleg Penkovsky Saved The World - All That's ...

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   Jul 24, 2020 · Updated February 27, 2024. In 1962, Soviet Colonel Oleg Penkovsky defied his country to save the world from nuclear war — then paid for his heroism with his life. In October 1962, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. were on the brink of nuclear war after Soviet nuclear missiles were spotted in Cuba. While President Kennedy and Soviet Prime Minister Nikita ...

6. spyscape.com › article › oleg-penkovsky-the-cubanCuban Missile Crisis: The Untold Story of Russian Spy Oleg ...

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   Russian Lt. Col. Oleg Penkovsky, portrayed by actor Merab Ninidze in the Benjamin Cumberbatch thriller The Courier (2020), is hailed as ‘the spy who saved the world’, the West’s most valuable Cold War double agent, and the man who risked his life to stop a nuclear war between superpowers.

7. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › true-story-behindThe True Story Behind ‘The Courier’ - Smithsonian Magazine

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   Mar 18, 2021 · Wynne agreed, and during his visit to Moscow the following month he wound up connecting with Oleg Penkovsky, a lieutenant colonel in the GRU (the Soviet Union’s foreign-intelligence agency)...

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9. www.cia.gov › readingroom › collectionLt. Col. Oleg Penkovsky: Western Spy in Soviet GRU

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   Lt. Col. Oleg Penkovsky: Western Spy in Soviet GRU. This group of documents highlights the highs and lows of the intelligence business. The recruitment of a well-placed spy, in this case a high-ranking Soviet military intelligence officer, lessened the tensions of the Cold War by providing information on the intentions, strength, and ...

10. www.tandfonline.com › doi › fullPenkovsky, the Spy Who Tried to Destroy the World

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    Jul 16, 2021 · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) lore and popular culture tout Col. Oleg Penkovsky as “the spy who saved the world” during the Berlin and Cuban missile crises. In fact, his contribution to U.S. intelligence and policymaking is exaggerated, distorted, and in several instances falsified.