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Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Орлов; real name Leiba Lazarevich Feldbin) was a high-ranked officer in the intelligence branch of the KGB (Soviet secret police). In 1938, he fled with his family to the United States in fear of execution. Mostly known for secretly transporting the entire gold reserve of the Spanish Republic to the USSR and for his book, The Secret History of Stalin's Crimes.

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