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Igor Gouzenko (1919–1982)

Igor Gouzenko is popularly known as the man who 'started the Cold War'. He was a cypher clerk working in the Russian Embassy in Ottawa Canada when he defected on September 5, 1945. He lived the rest of his life in ambiguous obscurity in Ontario, living in fear of reprisals by Stalin's KGB. His identity and location could never be revealed... See full bio »

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1948 The Iron Curtain (personal story)
 
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1958 Front Page Challenge (TV series)
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Episode dated 18 February 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1954 Operation Manhunt
Himself (epilogue)
 
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1995 Donald Brittain: Filmmaker (documentary)
Himself (concealed by hood) (uncredited)
 
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2 Biographical Movies  | 1 Print Biography  | 1 Article  | See more »
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When you go out with your wife, you go and see a movie and then go home. When Svetlana and I go out, we go to a supermarket and look at food. See more »

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