Karla’s Moscow Centre
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Karla’s Moscow Centre is a clandestine Soviet intelligence hub in John le Carré’s spy novels, serving as the primary adversary to British intelligence.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clandestine organization
ⓘ
fictional intelligence agency ⓘ fictional organization ⓘ |
| affiliation | Soviet intelligence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Smiley’s People
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Honourable Schoolboy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Secret Pilgrim NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spy Who Came in from the Cold NERFINISHED ⓘ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controls |
Soviet espionage networks in Europe
ⓘ
Soviet espionage networks in the West ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| creator | John le Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
bureaucratic
ⓘ
highly secretive ⓘ ruthless ⓘ |
| employs |
double agents
ⓘ
field operatives ⓘ moles ⓘ |
| genre |
espionage fiction
ⓘ
spy fiction ⓘ |
| hasKeyAdversary | George Smiley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure | Karla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRival |
George Smiley’s network
ⓘ
the Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real-world Soviet intelligence services ⓘ |
| inUniverseNationality | Soviet ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| ledBy | Karla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | John le Carré universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | primary antagonist organization ⓘ |
| notableOperation | infiltration of the Circus via the mole code-named Gerald ⓘ |
| opposes |
British intelligence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Smiley NERFINISHED ⓘ the Circus ⓘ |
| partOf | Soviet security apparatus (in fiction) ⓘ |
| setting | Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
counterintelligence
ⓘ
covert operations ⓘ deep-cover infiltration ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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