A Life Between Fact and Fiction

The History of Vladimir G. Orlov

Bibliographic Data

ID12234044
AuthorsWim Coudenys (0000-0003-3331-5431, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume21
Issue2
Pages179-202
Publication date2008-11-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevolutionary Russia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-6545 • E-ISSN: 1743-7873
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09546540802461118
OpenAlexW2084512771
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

The name of Vladimir Grigor′evich Orlov (1882–1941), the Russian ‘Ace of Spies’, was attached to a series of sensational affairs of disinformation and espionage in inter‐war Europe, including the notorious case of the Zinov′ev letter and the more obscure scandal of the Brotherhood of the Russian Truth. Indeed, disinformation and lies permeated Orlov’s life to such an extent that biographers have had difficulty in distinguishing between fact and fiction. This article attempts to make a critical inventory of what can be known about Orlov and suggests a new hypothesis about his behaviour that takes into account both fact and fiction

Archaeology · Art · Disinformation · Espionage · Literature · Political science · Social media · History · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, History, and Historiography

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