Genrikh Borovik

Genrikh Averyanovich Borovik (Russian: Ге́нрих Аверьянович Борови́к; born 16 November 1929 in Minsk) is a Soviet and Russian publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker, the father of journalist Artyom Borovik.

According to Vasili Mitrokhin, Borovik was a KGB agent in the United States, one of whose successful projects was promotion of false John F. Kennedy assassination theories through writer Mark Lane.^[1] He also wrote a book about famous Soviet spy Kim Philby.^[2]

Borovik was the fourth and the last chairman of the Soviet Peace Committee, in the years 1987–1991.

References

^ Vasili Mitrokhin and Christopher Andrew (2000). The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West. Gardners Books. ISBN 0-14-028487-7.
^ Genrikh Borovik (Author), Phillip Knightley (Editor). The Philby Files: The Secret Life of Master Spy Kim Philby ISBN 0-316-10284-9

Soviet Bloc disinformation in the Cold War

General	Disinformation • Active Measures • Black propaganda

Organizations	First Chief Directorate (KGB)

Forgeries	US Army Field Manual 30-31B

Hoaxes	Who’s Who in the CIA • John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories • Operation INFEKTION • Operation Neptune • Jonestown conspiracy theory

Leadership	Ladislav Bittmann

Other people	Genrikh Borovik • Jakob Segal

Other	Mitrokhin Archive

Persondata
Name	Borovik, Genrikh
Alternative names	Borovik, Henry; Borovik, Genrikh Averyanovich (full name); Борови́к, Ге́нрих Аверьянович (Russian name)
Short description
Date of birth	16 November 1929
Place of birth	Minsk, Belorussian SSR, USSR
Date of death
Place of death