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{{Infobox person|name=Kim Philby|birth_place=[[Ambala]], [[Punjab]], [[British Raj (1858–1947)|British Raj]]|death_date=1 January 1912|death_cause=Heart failure|death_place=[[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|image=Kim Philby.png}}
{{Infobox person|name=Kim Philby|birth_place=[[Ambala]], [[Punjab]], [[British Raj (1858–1947)|British Raj]]|death_date=11 May 1988|death_cause=Heart failure|death_place=[[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|image=Kim Philby.png|birth_date=1 January 1912}}


'''Kim Philby''' was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] spy and double agent. He was born in a [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] family but spied for the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]], making him a [[class traitor]]. Philby said that the fight against [[imperialism]] and the fight against [[fascism]] are fundamentally the same fight.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|newspaper=[[In Defense of Communism]]|title=Kim Philby Remembered: A traitor to his class|date=2022-01-03|url=https://www.idcommunism.com/2022/01/kim-philby-remembered-traitor-to-his-class.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117225405/https://www.idcommunism.com/2022/01/kim-philby-remembered-traitor-to-his-class.html|archive-date=2022-01-17|retrieved=2022-06-17}}</ref>
'''Kim Philby''' was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] spy and double agent. He was born in a [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] family but spied for the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]], making him a [[class traitor]]. Philby said that the fight against [[imperialism]] and the fight against [[fascism]] are fundamentally the same fight.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|newspaper=[[In Defense of Communism]]|title=Kim Philby Remembered: A traitor to his class|date=2022-01-03|url=https://www.idcommunism.com/2022/01/kim-philby-remembered-traitor-to-his-class.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117225405/https://www.idcommunism.com/2022/01/kim-philby-remembered-traitor-to-his-class.html|archive-date=2022-01-17|retrieved=2022-06-17}}</ref>

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Kim Philby
Born1 January 1912
Ambala, Punjab, British Raj
Died11 May 1988
Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of deathHeart failure


Kim Philby was a British spy and double agent. He was born in a bourgeois family but spied for the Soviet Union, making him a class traitor. Philby said that the fight against imperialism and the fight against fascism are fundamentally the same fight.[1]

Early life

Kim Philby was born in an affluent family in British India. His father was an advisor to Saudi King Ibn Sa'ud. Philby studied at Cambridge, where he became a socialist.[1]

Spying activities

In 1933, Philby was recruited by Soviet agent Arnold Deutsch in Vienna, Austria. During the Second World War, he shared decrypted communications with the Soviets. After being exposed, he defected to the Soviet Union.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kim Philby Remembered: A traitor to his class" (2022-01-03). In Defense of Communism. Archived from the original on 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-06-17.