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Artemi Georgievitch GUBANOFF alias GOUBANOFF: Russian. He arrived in the UK in 1923...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/4509

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This record is about the Artemi Georgievitch GUBANOFF alias GOUBANOFF: Russian. He arrived in the UK in 1923... dating from 1923 Feb 13 - 1930 Nov 18 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
KV 2/4509
Date
1923 Feb 13 - 1930 Nov 18
Description

Artemi Georgievitch GUBANOFF alias GOUBANOFF: Russian. He arrived in the UK in 1923 with his wife as part of the Anglo Russian Trade Agreement to take up the post of director in a Soviet import company in London. In 1926 his wife Anna was working as a secretary at the Bank for Russian Trade. Both were reported to be trusted communists. Anna was suspected of being a GPU (Soviet Intelligence) agent. The couple left the UK in 1930. With photograph

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 711053
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2019
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17023878/

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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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