Alexander Vassiliev

Alexander Vassiliev (Russian: Александр Васильев; born 1962) is a Russian-British journalist, writer and espionage historian living in London who is a subject matter expert in the Soviet KGB and Russian SVR. A former officer in the Soviet Committee for State Security (KGB), he is known for his two books based upon KGB archival documents: Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, co-authored with John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, and The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America: the Stalin Era, co-authored with Allen Weinstein.

This article is about the Russian journalist. For other persons of a similar name, see Aleksandr Vasilyev (disambiguation).
Alexander Vassiliev
Alexander Vassiliev
Born (1962-05-01) May 1, 1962
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
LanguageRussian, English
Alma materMoscow State University
Period1983–present
GenreEspionage
SubjectSoviet intelligence, Russian intelligence
Notable worksThe Haunted Wood (1999), Spies (2009)
Website
portfolio.vassiliev.org
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