The 1990 book “KGB: The Inside Story,” co-authored by ... In Russia, Gordievsky was sentenced to death for treason. In Britain, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him a Companion of the Order ...

For more than a decade, as Cold War tensions threatened to escalate into all-out war, senior KGB officer Oleg Gordievsky ... a royal honor awarded by Queen Elizabeth II. He was found dead on ...

Former Soviet spy Oleg Gordievsky receives the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and Saint George from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace (Martin Keene/PA) Top KGB ...