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Boris Volodarsky's biography of the man the world knew as General Alexander Orlov, Stalin's handler of Kim Philby and author of a celebrated 1953 memoir on Stalin's crimes. Volodarsky, a former Soviet intelligence officer, argues that Orlov never existed as described: the man was born Leiba Feldbin, was no KGB general, and stayed a loyal Soviet agent to the end. The book reconstructs the KGB deception behind the Orlov legend and the defector story that outlasted the Cold War. It suits readers of intelligence history who want archival detail over spy-thriller pacing.
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This is a biography of Alexander Orlov, the Soviet intelligence figure long known as a general in Stalin's service during the Spanish Civil War. Orlov was also the handler who controlled Kim Philby, the British spy and member of the Cambridge Five. He fled Stalin's purges and went to America in the late 1930s, where he lived underground.
Orlov revealed his identity only after Stalin's death, in his 1953 book The Secret History of Stalin's Crimes. He became one of the best known Soviet defectors and was commemorated by the US Congress on his death in 1973.
The book argues that the Orlov story was largely a KGB invention. It states that the man known as Orlov was born Leiba Feldbin, was never a KGB general, never truly defected, and remained a loyal Soviet agent until his death. It presents this as the biggest KGB deception operation of all time, told here in full for the first time.
