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The Petrov
Title: The Petrov
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 840 | Pages: 3.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Petrov
In the early 1950’s Australia was rocked by the largest spy scandal in its history. In April 1954, a Soviet operative called Vladimir Petrov defected to Australia. His wife Evdokia followed him soon thereafter. It was an instant news sensation worldwide. What made it even more appealing as a news item was the fact that Evdokia Petrov was forcibly removed from the custody of Soviet field agents by Australian security forces, causing an uproar in both …showed first 75 words of 840 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 840 total…The couple, then reunited, were debriefed and given new identities. The next years were ones of featureless tedium. The Petrovs, under the assumed names of Sven and Maria Anna Allyson, stayed in several capital cities, until they moved to Melbourne. Their whereabouts were the subject of a D-notice for many years. Vladimir Petrov, after a short bout in a geriatric home, died in 1991, aged 84. Evdokia followed nearly a decade later, dying on July 19th 2002, aged 88.
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