Alexander Vassiliev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Alexander Vassiliev

Russian writer

Date of Birth: 01-May-1962

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Profession: writer, historian, journalist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Alexander Vassiliev (Russian: ????????? ????????; born 1962) is a Russian 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.