Rufina Ivanova Pukhova
Rufina Ivanovna Pukhova (russian: Руфина Ивановна Пухова; (1 September 1932 - 17 May 2021 ) was a Russian memoir writer. She was the last wife of Kim Philby, a KGB double agent who rose in rank through British Intelligence along with the Cambridge Five. She met Philby through George Blake. Pukhova and Philby married in 1971.Philby, Harold Adrian Russell [Kim] (1912–1988), spy
by Nigel Clive in ''Dictionary of National Biography'' online (accessed 11 November 2007) She is the author of ''The Private Life of Kim Philby: The Moscow Years'' (2000). Pukhova was born in Moscow to a Russian father and a Polish mother."odnb"

Early life

Before meeting Kim Philby, Pukhova worked as a copy editor in Russia after surviving cancer ...
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Kim Philby
Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (1 January 191211 May 1988) was a British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union. In 1963 he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring which had divulged British secrets to the Soviets during World War II and in the early stages of the Cold War. Of the five, Philby is believed to have been most successful in providing secret information to the Soviets. Born in British India, Philby was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was recruited by Soviet intelligence in 1934. After leaving Cambridge, Philby worked as a journalist, covering the Spanish Civil War and the Battle of France. In 1940 he began working for the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6). By the end of the Second World War he had become a high-ranking member. In 1949 Philby was appointed first secretary to the British Embassy in Washington and served as chief British liaison with American in ...
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