Soviet Defectors Who Defected to United Kingdom

10 Soviet intelligence or state security officers in this database defected to United Kingdom, between 1930 and 1954. Their service backgrounds were MGB (3), MVD (2) and OGPU (1).

10 officers, earliest defection first

Georgiy Sergeyevich Arutyunov Георгий Сергеевич Арутюнов
OGPU · defected 1930 · France
Konstantin Dmitriyevich Volkov Константин Дмитриевич Волков
NKGB · Lieutenant Colonel · defected 1945 · Turkey
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Skripkin Владимир Александрович Скрипкин
GRU · Lieutenant · defected 1946 · Japan
Mikhail Vasilyevich Gorshkov Михаил Васильевич Горшков
NKVD · Lieutenant · defected 1946
Boris Ivanovich Baklanov Борис Иванович Бакланов
MGB · Captain · defected 1947 · Austria
Vasiliy Mikhailovich Sharandak Василий Михайлович Шарандак
?? · defected 1947 · Austria
Petr Ivanovich Demchenko Петр Иванович Демченко
MGB · defected 1947 · Austria
Olga Yakovlevna Bentsianovskaya Ольга Яковлевна Бенциановская
MGB · Senior lieutenant · defected 1949 · Germany
Ivan Matveyevich Grigoryev Иван Матвиеевич Григорьев
MVD · Senior Lieutenant · defected 1949 · Germany
Mikhail Ivanovich Grigoryev Михаил Иванович Григорьев
MVD · Lieutenant · defected 1954 · Germany