Aleksandr Feklisov

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Aleksandr Feklisov
Feklisov on a 2020 Russian stamp
Born9 March 1914[1]
Moscow, Russian Empire[1]
Died26 October 2007 (aged 93)[1]
Moscow, Russia[1]
OccupationSpy
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation

Aleksandr Semyonovich Feklisov (Russian: Александр Семёнович Феклисов; 9 March 1914 – 26 October 2007) was a

Julius Rosenberg and Klaus Fuchs
, among others.

Life and work

Feklisov was born in a family of railway workers. In 1939 he graduated from the Radio Faculty of the Moscow Institute of Communications, and shortly after that was sent to a training school of the Main Directorate of State Security, where he specialized in the United States.[1]

From 1941 to 1946 Feklisov worked out of the

Case officer Anatoli Yatskov (alias Yakovlev). Part of Feklisov's duties included recruiting espionage agent prospects from those sympathetic to the Communist Party of the United States and its auxiliary secret apparatus.[1][4]

Rosenberg was among these recruits. In the period from 1943 to 1946, Feklisov reported at least 50 meetings with Rosenberg. He stated that Rosenberg provided important top secret information about electronics and helped organize an industrial espionage ring for

USSR.[1]

Feklisov was transferred back to the

Rezident, or KGB Station Chief, from 1960 to 1964. His cover name at that time was Aleksandr Fomin. As PGU KGB Rezident, Feklisov (Fomin) proposed what became the basis for resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis: removing missiles from Cuba
in exchange for a promise that the United States would not invade the island nation.

Feklisov died on 26 October 2007 in Moscow at the age of 93.[6][7][8]

Legacy

Feklisov was portrayed by Harris Yulin in the 1974 film The Missiles of October, and by Boris Krutonog in the 2000 film Thirteen Days.

Notes

  1. ^ Feklisov's code name was KALISTRAT (CALISTRATUS).[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Феклисов Александр Семенович. svr.gov.ru
  2. ^ "6th REISSUE" (PDF). media.defense.gov. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ^ "3RD REISSUE" (PDF). www.nsa.gov. 1943. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  4. ^ Aleksandr Feklisov. famous-trials.com
  5. Times Online
    . Retrieved 24 June 2008.
  6. ^ "Alexander Feklisov. KGB agent who had a hand in some of the Soviet Union's most striking intelligence coups of the postwar period". The New York Times. London. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
  7. ^ Weil, Martin (3 November 2007). "Alexander Feklisov, 93; Key Soviet Spy in U.S." The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
  8. ^ Martin, Douglas (1 November 2007). "Aleksandr Feklisov, Spy Tied to Rosenbergs, Dies at 93". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 June 2008.

Further reading

External links

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