Rudolf Abel

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Soviet agent intelligence officer person spy

Rudolf Abel was a Soviet intelligence officer and spy whose 1962 Cold War prisoner exchange for U.S. U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers became internationally famous.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rudolf Abel canonical 3
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet agent ⓘ
intelligence officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
spy ⓘ
activity illegal residency operations in the United States ⓘ
alternateName Rudolf Abel ⓘ
surface form: Rudolf Ivanovich Abel

Willie Fisher ⓘ
arrestedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
awarded Order of Lenin ⓘ
Order of the Red Banner ⓘ
Order of the Red Star ⓘ
birthName Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher ⓘ
buriedAt Donskoye Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
chargedWith conspiracy to commit espionage ⓘ
conflict Russian Civil War ⓘ
convictedOf espionage ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union ⓘ
dateOfArrest 1957-06-21 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1903-07-11 ⓘ
dateOfConviction 1957-10-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1971-11-15 ⓘ
defendedBy James B. Donovan ⓘ
employer KGB ⓘ
NKVD ⓘ
ethnicGroup Germans from Russia ⓘ
exchangedFor Francis Gary Powers ⓘ
Frederic Pryor ⓘ
father Genrikh Matveyevich Fisher ⓘ
memberOf First Chief Directorate of the KGB ⓘ
surface form: Soviet intelligence service
movedTo Moscow ⓘ
notableFor 1962 prisoner exchange with Francis Gary Powers ⓘ
Soviet espionage in the United States ⓘ
occupation intelligence officer ⓘ
radio operator ⓘ
placeOfArrest New York City ⓘ
placeOfBirth Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath Moscow ⓘ
placeOfImprisonment Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
portrayedBy Mark Rylance ⓘ
prisonerExchangeDate 1962-02-10 ⓘ
prisonerExchangeLocation Glienicker Brücke ⓘ
surface form: Glienicke Bridge

border between West Berlin and Potsdam ⓘ
returnedTo Soviet Union ⓘ
sentence 30 years imprisonment ⓘ
servedIn Red Army ⓘ
subjectOf Bridge of Spies ⓘ
surface form: film "Bridge of Spies"
triedAt United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Francis Gary Powers → exchangedFor → Rudolf Abel ⓘ
Bridge of Spies → portrays → Rudolf Abel ⓘ
Rudolf Abel → alternateName → Rudolf Abel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
James B. Donovan → represented → Rudolf Abel ⓘ