Alexander Vassiliev

Alexander Vassiliev
Alexander Vassiliev
Born	(1962-05-01) May 1, 1962 (age 62) Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Language	Russian, English
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Period	1983–present
Genre	Espionage
Subject	Soviet intelligence, Russian intelligence
Notable works	The Haunted Wood (1999), Spies (2009)
Website
portfolio.vassiliev.org

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.