Michael Goleniewski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michael Goleniewski

Polish spy

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1922

Place of Birth: Nyasvizh, Minsk Region, Belarus

Date of Death: 12-Jul-1993

Profession: spy

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Michael Goleniewski a.k.a.
'SNIPER', 'LAVINIA', (16 August 1922 – 12 July 1993), was a Polish officer in the People's Republic of Poland's Ministry of Public Security, the deputy head of military counterintelligence GZI WP, later head of the technical and scientific section of the Polish intelligence, and a spy for the Soviet government during the 1950s.
In 1959, he became a triple-agent, giving Polish and Soviet secrets to the Central Intelligence Agency, which directly caused the exposure of George Blake and Harry Houghton.
Goleniewski defected to the United States in 1961.
He later claimed to be Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia.