Anatoly Antonovich Yatskov (Russian: Анатолий Антонович Яцков; 18 May [O.S. 31 May] 1913 – 26 March 1993), also known as Anatoli Yatzkov (alias in the U.S. Anatoly Yakovlev) – was a Soviet consul in New York as well as intelligence officer handling American agents in the U.S. Manhattan Project during war. His spy cover was eventually blown by the U.S. Army Venona Program which identified him as a key NKVD agent involved in 1940s Atomic Spy Ring.
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31 May 1913 Akkerman, Russian Empire
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Died |
1993 (aged 79) Moscow, Russia
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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