Talk:Fedora (KGB agent)

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Would it be possible to change the title of this article?

I propose that the title be changed to "Aleksey Kulak (FBI's FEDORA)" Was Kisevalter Nash? (talk) 07:12, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

His Name

The article states: "Fedora was the codename for Yerbas Lichi (Russian: Виктор Мечиславвич Лесовский)". From the Russian characters the name is Victor Micheslavich Lesovski and not Yerbas Lichi. Does anyone know which is the real name? Meishern (talk) 05:49, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't, but what is certain is that Fedora is a feminine name.- 92.100.162.42 (talk) 21:07, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

His name was not Yerbas Lichi, his name was Aleksy Isidorovich Kulak, see: I will be rewriting the page to reflect this. All the sources about FEDORA suggest the rest of this article is also deeply flawed and factually incorrect NhInsideWriter (talk) 02:01, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I did find some sources that list Fedora's names as Victor Lesovski, for example this book, but in the article as I have rewritten it, I cite Hoffman's "Billion Dollar Spy", which has detailed recountings of interactions between CIA agent Gus Hathaway, who personally recruited and handled Fedora/Kulak, and seems a far more credible source. This should solve the issue.NhInsideWriter (talk) 03:46, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hanssen

Now, the fbi did have a kgb spy in the person of Robert Hansen, maybe this should be reflected in the article? 178.232.157.46 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:58, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@178.232.157.46 Hansen started spying 1979, while fedora knew about a spy in 1962. impossible that it was Hansen. 84.215.194.30 (talk) 14:39, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Hanssen (note spelling) was a homegrown "mole," whereas Aleksei Kulak / "Fedora" was a KGB-loyal triple agent. Was Kisevalter Nash? (talk) 05:47, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For/with which side was his name Fedora?

For the Sovyets or the US-Americans?
Please ping me. Steue (talk) 04:37, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

When KGB officer Kulak literally walked into NYC's FBI office in broad daylight in 1962 and offered to spy for the FBI, the FBI accepted and gave him the codename "Fedora". Was Kisevalter Nash? (talk) 05:55, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How do I "link" to this article in my own draft article?

When I do a google search for "Kulak KGB" (without the quotation marks), I get this article. Which is good! But when I put double brackets around "Aleksey Kulak" or "Fedora (KGB agent)" in my draft article on Yuri Nosenko, those words end up in red rather that blue, i.e., don't become "live" links in my article. I think it would be more consistent with other Wikipedia articles (and help me) if this article was simply titled "Aleksey Kulak" or maybe "Aleksey Kulak (FEDORA)" instead of "Fedora (KGB agent)". Thanks. Was Kisevalter Nash? (talk) 03:50, 19 June 2023 (UTC) Was Kisevalter Nash?[reply]

Says who?

The author wrote, "In 1977, back in Moscow, Kulak resumed contact with the CIA and provided a VALUABLE list of Soviet scientists attempting to steal U.S. scientific secrets." (emphasis added)

Valuable? Says who? (In other words, source please.) Was Kisevalter Nash? (talk) 03:49, 19 June 2023 (UTC) Was Kisevalter Nash?[reply]