Oleg Gordievsky
The extraordinary choices behind Oleg Gordievsky’s double life
4.7 (13)
36 mins
Explore Oleg Gordievsky’s tense journey as a KGB officer secretly working for British intelligence, discovering how his courage and careful espionage influenced the Cold War. Discover how he balanced secrecy, loyalty, and personal risk.
Ep 1:
Born Into the KGB Machine
From a Stalinist childhood to the Lubyanka's inner circle, discover how a devoted son of Soviet loyalty became the KGB's most unlikely recruit for betrayal.
Ep 2:
Copenhagen: Seduction of a Spy
Posted to Copenhagen, Gordievsky begins a perilous double life—smuggling secrets to MI6 while love, marriage, and loyalty collide in the shadows of the Cold War.
Ep 3:
A Traitor's Shadow in London
As Gordievsky rises to command the KGB's London station, one greedy CIA traitor's betrayal threatens to unravel everything and send him straight into Moscow's trap.
Ep 4:
The Impossible Escape from Moscow
Trapped in Moscow with the KGB closing in, Gordievsky triggers a desperate, near-impossible escape plan that could either save his life—or end it forever.
Discussions (12)
Douglas
Level 10 · 9 mo agoCheating on his KGB wife? Dude had a death wish..
Cullen
Level 4 · 9 mo agoThe intel flow during Able Archer 83 really saved the run. It shows that high vision is often more valuable than raw military stats! (Survivorship bias plays a part in which spies we hear about IMO)
Jordan
Level 10 · 9 mo agoGordievsky stopping Able Archer is the clutch play of the century. The diaper escape was genius. Ames was a total bum for selling out the GOAT.
