List of Famous people with last name Penkovsky

Oleg Penkovsky

First Name Oleg

Last Name Penkovsky

Born on April 23, 1919

Died on May 16, 1963 (aged 44)

Born in Russia, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania

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Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky, codenamed HERO, was a Soviet military intelligence (GRU) colonel during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Penkovsky is known for informing the United Kingdom about the Soviet emplacement of missiles in Cuba, thus providing both the UK and the United States with the precise knowledge necessary to address rapidly developing military tensions with the Soviet Union.

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