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Defects


1997 Orlando Hernandez, half-brother of pitcher Livan, defects from Cuba

1979 Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in New York City

1976 Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet

1974 Soviet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects to west

1967 Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to U.S.

1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in New York City

1962 British spy Kim Philby defects to U.S.S.R.

1961 Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt

1961 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris

1954 West German secret service head Otto John defects to East Germany


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