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poetry's pre-eminence in Russia was unchallenged

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The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker museums their home is a kingdomThe Illegals by Shaun Walker pulls back the curtain on Russias most audacious spy programme deepcover agents who lived as foreign aristocrats, merchants or students, sometimes for decades. Based on archival research and interviews, Walker reveals how these illegals rewrote espionage and shaped the hidden history of Russia and the West. In 2010, two decades after the Cold War had ended, ten Russian spies were arrested in America, having hidden their