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The Soviet James Bond

4 Extra Debut. The name is Isaev, Maxim Maximovich Isaev. Miles Jupp uncovers the Russian superspy dubbed the 鈥淪oviet James Bond鈥�. From 2014.

In the depths of the Cold War, the Soviets had their own version of James Bond, a superspy whose adventures thrilled readers from Minsk to the Urals.

But whereas Bond enjoyed champagne, gambling and beautiful women, the spy codenamed Stierlitz was a Russian patriot of austere tastes (though he does enjoy vodka and singing Russian songs). In novels like 鈥淒iamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat,鈥� Stierlitz carved a parallel path to that being followed by the great 007.

Spy fan Miles Jupp explores the extraordinary legacy of the Soviet James Bond and his creator Julian Semyonov.

Producer: David Stenhouse

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in December 2014

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30 minutes

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