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Lonsdale, Gordon, 1922-1970

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Personal name headingLonsdale, Gordon, 1922-1970
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Variant(s)Lonsdale, Gordon Arnold, 1922-1970
Lonsdeĭl, Gordon, 1922-1970
Molody, Konon Trofimovich, 1922-1970
Molodyĭ, Konon Trofimovich, 1922-1970
Моло́дый, Ко́нон Трофи́мович, 1922-1970
Lonsdale, Gordon Arnold, 1924-1970
Associated countrySoviet Union
Birth date1922-01-17
Death date1970-09-09
Place of birthMoscow (Russia)
Place of deathMedynʹ (Russia)
Field of activityEspionage
Profession or occupationSpies
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inSpy, 1965: t.p. (the memoirs of Gordon Lonsdale)
Mertvyĭ sezon, 1998: p. 5 (Konon Molodyĭ; ..Gordona Lonsdeĭla) p. 2 of cover etc. (Lonsdale; ... Konone Trofimoviche Molodom)
OCLC (22 July 1999): hdg. (Lonsdale, Gordon Arnold, 1924-)
I︠A︡vka po paroli︠u︡, ili Klassiki nelegalʹnoĭ razvedki, 2016: p. 294 (Konon Molodyĭ)
Wikipedia website, viewed 17th November 2016 (Konon Trofimovich Molody (in Russian Конон Трофимович Молодый, 17 January 1922 - 9 September 1970) was a Soviet intelligence officer, better known in the West as Gordon Arnold Lonsdale. He was an illegal resident spy during the Cold War and the mastermind of the Portland Spy Ring. Born in Ontario, Canada, died in Soviet Union)
Britannica, viewed 17 October 2022: (Gordon Arnold Lonsdale, original name Konon Trofimovich Molody; born Aug. 27, 1924, Cobalt, Ontario; Soviet spy sentenced in 1961 to 25 years in prison by a British court and exchanged in 1964 for a British intelligence agent; died October 1970?, near Moscow)
Wikipedia, viewed 17 October 2022: Konon Molody (Konon Trofimovich Molody, Russian: Ко́нон Трофи́мович Моло́дый; Soviet intelligence officer known in the West as Gordon Arnold Lonsdale; born 17 January 1922, Moscow, Russia; mastermind of the Portland Spy Ring, which operated in Britain from the late 1950s until 1961; died 9 September 1970, Medynsky District, Russia; the real Gordon Arnold Lonsdale was born 27 August 1924 in Cobalt, Ontario, moved with his mother to her native Finland in 1932 after his parents separated, and died approximately 1943 when his papers were obtained by the Soviets for use by their agents)