Novels about our scouts and enemy spies are very popular with readers. Elena Vavilova joined the literary activity after many years of illegal work abroad.
Starting conditions
The fascinating adventures of the famous courtesan, spy and double agent Mata Hari are described in many novels. Skeptical readers express great doubt about the veracity of the plots outlined in these works. Elena Stanislavovna Vavilova was not interested in works written in the genre of detective or fiction. She thoroughly studied the primary sources that shed light on events that happened in the distant past. And I also read books published in European countries in the original language.
The future illegal scout was born on November 16, 1962 in an intelligent Soviet family. Parents lived in the Siberian city of Tomsk. My father worked as an engineer at the Physics and Technology Institute. Mother taught literature and Russian at a teacher training college. A girl from an early age demonstrated musical abilities and phenomenal memory. In the school with in-depth study of the German language, she studied only "excellently". In addition, Elena was fond of ballroom dancing, and studied at the music school in the violin class.
Professional activity
At the current chronological moment in the biography of Elena Vavilova there are no "white" spots. After school, she graduated from the History Department of Tomsk State University. In her student years, personnel specialists from the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) drew attention to her. The offer to become an agent in an illegal position in a foreign country came to Vavilova completely unexpectedly. She immediately remembered the film about the fate of the Soviet intelligence officer, who acted under the name of Stirlitz. After some thought, Vavilova agreed.
After appropriate preparation, Elena went abroad. Several years passed before she moved to a permanent residence in Canada. The career of an illegal agent has developed quite successfully. In this country, she, according to legend, met her future husband, who also served in the Foreign Intelligence Service. The work of scouts at the Center was evaluated positively. After a certain time, the couple moved to the United States. In 2010, US intelligence agencies arrested several Russian agents, including Elena and her husband.
