Vladimir Petrov was the Third Secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Canberra, capital of Australia, during the period of the Cold War. Petrov's defection occurred after he requested political asylum in Australia in exchange for providing evidence and details of Soviet espionage. Basically, he was a spy.
The Petrov Affair occurred in 1954. It was a spy event involving Soviet Spy Agent, Vladimir Petrov, then third secretary in the Soviet embassy in Canberra, who wanted to provide ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) information of the Soviet's plans, in return for defection, that is, joining the Australian side and betraying his own country.
Alexo Petrov's birth name is Aleksandar Petrov.
Anatoliy Petrov's birth name is Anatoliy Alekseevich Petrov.
Ivaylo Petrov's birth name is Prodan Petrov Kyuchukov..
Yuri Petrov's birth name is Petrov, Yuri Aleksandrovich.
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Dmitri Petrov was born in 1979.
Fyodor Petrov died in 1978.
Fyodor Petrov was born in 1902.
Grigory Petrov was born in 1892.
Grigory Petrov died in 1918.
Boris Petrov died in 1981.