Kim Philby — intelligence officer; soviet agent with roots in the USSR
Harold Adrian Russell 'Kim' Philby (1 January 1912 – 11 May 1988) was a British intelligence officer and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring. He was recruited by Soviet intelligence officer Arnold Deutsch in June 1934 and in late 1944 became head of MI6's Section IX, which dealt with Soviet activity. He disappeared from Beirut in January 1963, was granted asylum and Soviet citizenship in July 1963, and died in Moscow in 1988.
"Left Beirut for the USSR in January 1963 and lived in Moscow until his death in 1988."
Migration storyTracing the roots — Moscow (resident 1963–1988)
Born in Ambala, British India, to St John Philby and Dora Johnston, he has no documented Russian ancestry. He lived in the USSR from 1963 as a Soviet citizen, died in Moscow in 1988 and is buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery.
Moscow (resident 1963–1988). At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.
A career defined by ambition
"To betray, you must first belong."