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'''Anatoly Veniaminovich Gorsky''', or '''Anatoli Borisovich Gromov''' as he was known in the United States, was born about 1907.
'''Anatoly Veniaminovich Gorsky''', or '''Anatoli Borisovich Gromov''' as he was known in the United States, was born about 1907.
Gorsky joined the KGB in 1928 and worked in the internal political police. In 1936 he transferred to the foreign intelligence service and went to Great Britain as the assistant to the Rezident and cipher clerk. During the [[Great Purge]]s of 1939 the London Rezidentura was liquidated, and in March 1940 Gorsky was recalled to Moscow. Gorsky survived the purges and was appointed London Rezident in November 1940. In London his first cover was attache, then second secretary of the Soviet embassy.
Gorsky joined the KGB in 1928 and worked in the internal political police. In 1936 he transferred to the foreign intelligence service and went to Great Britain as the assistant to the [[Rezident]] and cipher clerk. During the [[Great Purge]]s of 1939 the London [[Rezidentura]] was liquidated, and in March 1940 Gorsky was recalled to Moscow. Gorsky survived the purges and was appointed London Rezident in November 1940. In London his first cover was attache, then second secretary of the Soviet embassy.
As London Rezident Gorsky took over managing eighteen agents, including the [[Cambridge Five]], and the initial KGB penetration of the British atomic bomb project. The London Rezidentura consisted of only three people. By the end of the war there were twelve operational workers. In the heaviest period of war, from 1941 to 1942 the London Rezidentura was the basic information source of Soviet operations on Germany and countries of the anti-Hitler coalition. More than 10 thousand documentary materials along political, economic, military and other questions were sent from the London Rezidentura to Moscow.
As London Rezident Gorsky took over managing eighteen agents, including the [[Cambridge Five]], and the initial KGB penetration of the British atomic bomb project. The London Rezidentura consisted of only three people. By the end of the war there were twelve operational workers. In the heaviest period of war, from 1941 to 1942 the London Rezidentura was the basic information source of Soviet operations on Germany and countries of the anti-Hitler coalition. More than 10 thousand documentary materials along political, economic, military and other questions were sent from the London Rezidentura to Moscow.