| LC control no. | n 50008527 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blake, George, 1922-2020 |
| Variant(s) | Behar, George, 1922-2020 Bleĭk, Dzhordzh, 1922-2020 Blake, George, 1922- Behar, Georg, 1922-2020 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Soviet Union Russia (Federation) |
| Birth date | 1922-11-22 |
| Death date | 2020-12-26 |
| Place of birth | Rotterdam (Netherlands) |
| Field of activity | Intelligence service Espionage |
| Profession or occupation | Intelligence officers Spies |
| Found in | Spiro, E. Shadow of a spy, 1967. Professii︠a︡--razvedchik, 1992: t.p. (Dzhordzh Bleĭk) Blake and Bourke & the end of empires, 2003: p. 2, etc. (George Blake) Washington post WWW site, viewed Jan. 8, 2021 (in obituary dated Dec. 26, 2020: George Blake, a British intelligence official who betrayed closely guarded secrets to the Soviets and was among the most damaging traitors of the Cold War, then made a daring escape from a London prison in 1966 and lived out his days as a national hero in Moscow, has died at 98. Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, known as SVR, announced his death on Dec. 26 but provided no further details. He was born Georg Behar on Nov. 11, 1922, in Rotterdam. After his father died, his mother married a man with the last name Blake) New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 8, 2021 (in obituary dated Dec. 26, 2020: George Blake, a notorious British double agent who betrayed Cold War secrets and Western spies to the Soviet Union in the 1950s and, after being caught, staged a spectacular escape to live out his life as a K.G.B. colonel in Moscow, has died. He was 98. The Kremlin confirmed his death on Saturday [Dec. 26, 2020] but provided no further details. He was born George Behar in Rotterdam on Nov. 11, 1922) |
| Associated language | eng rus |
| Invalid LCCN | n 93093450 |
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