Death notices and funeral announcements in The Newcastle Chronicle this week
(nee Blythe) (Alnwick) Died peacefully on 2nd March. Much loved Wife, Mother, Sister, Grandmother and Friend to many. Funeral ...
Top KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky dies aged 86
Top KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky has died at the age of 86. Code-named Hetman, Mr Gordievsky was one of the most important spies of the Cold War. Surrey Police said officers were called to an address ...
KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky, who helped change course of Cold War, dies aged 86
In the 1980s, his intelligence helped avoid a dangerous escalation of nuclear tensions between the USSR and the West.
Oleg Gordievsky: the spy who helped avert a nuclear war
KGB officer’s intelligence was crucial to Margaret Thatcher’s contacts with Mikhail Gorbachev, whose rise to power helped end the ...