Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector) across 4 places, from 1895 to 1936.
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Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov (born Leiba Leyzerovich Feldbin, later Lev Lazarevich Nikolsky, and in the US assuming the name of Igor Konstantinovich Berg; 21 August 1895 – 25 March 1973) was a colonel in the Soviet secret police and a resident spy of the NKVD in the Second Spanish Republic.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector) was documented, and when
21 August 1895exact date
Bobruiskattested“He was born Lev Lazarevich Feldbin, on 21 August 1895, in Bobruisk (present-day Belarus), to an Orthodox Jewish family.”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
1921year
Moscow Universityattested“In 1921, he retired from the Red Army and returned to Moscow to resume his study of law at the Law School at Moscow University.”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
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Moscowattested“In 1921, he retired from the Red Army and returned to Moscow to resume his study of law at the Law School at Moscow University.”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
October 1936month
Madridattested“In October 1936, Orlov, according to his own disputed testimony, was placed in command of the operation which moved the Spanish gold reserves from Madrid to Moscow.”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
October 1936month
Moscowattested“In October 1936, Orlov, according to his own disputed testimony, was placed in command of the operation which moved the Spanish gold reserves from Madrid to Moscow.”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
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Kievmentioned“When the Russian Civil War erupted in 1918, Orlov joined the Red Army and became a GRU (still known as the Registration Department at the time) officer assigned to the region around Kiev in Ukraine.”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
Bremenmentioned“Nikolaev" (Nikolsky-Orlov) after arriving in the US aboard the SS Europa on 22 September 1932 sailing from Bremen.”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
30 November 1932exact date
Weimar Germanymentioned“After being identified as a spy by the US Office of Naval Intelligence, Orlov obtained a passport in the name of William Goldin and departed on 30 November 1932 on the SS Bremen back to Weimar Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
May 1933month
Viennamentioned“With his wife and daughter, he arrived in Vienna in May 1933 (as Nikolaev) and settled in Hinterbrühl only 30 km from the capital.”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
May 1933month
Hinterbrühlmentioned“With his wife and daughter, he arrived in Vienna in May 1933 (as Nikolaev) and settled in Hinterbrühl only 30 km from the capital.”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
May 1934month
Viennamentioned“Their operation, codenamed EXPRESS, was unsuccessful, and in May 1934, he joined his family in Vienna and was ordered to go to Copenhagen to serve as assistant to resident spies Theodore Maly (Paris) and Ignace Reiss (Copenhagen).”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
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Copenhagenmentioned“Their operation, codenamed EXPRESS, was unsuccessful, and in May 1934, he joined his family in Vienna and was ordered to go to Copenhagen to serve as assistant to resident spies Theodore Maly (Paris) and Ignace Reiss (Copenhagen).”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
Moscowmentioned“Despite Orlov's later claims, he had nothing to do with recruitment of Kim Philby or any other member of the Cambridge Five and deserted his post in October 1935, coming back to Moscow.”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
University of Michiganmentioned“In 1963, the CIA helped him publish another book, The Handbook of Counter-Intelligence and Guerilla Warfare, and helped him obtain a job as a researcher at the University of Michigan Law School.”source: Wikipedia: Alexander Orlov (Soviet defector)
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