Anatole Volkov

Anatole Boris Volkov (October 29, 1924 — November 28, 2000) was an American physicist, allegedly serving as a courier for the Silvermaster spy ring between Washington, D.C. and New York City. Volkov taught both abroad and in America, retiring in the United States 1989. Though Volkov's name appears in the FBI's files, he was never convicted of any espionage by the U.S. government. He was related to Count Sergei Witte, who was of Czar Nicholas II's Finance Minister of Russia from 1892 to 1903. His mother, Elena Witte, was a baroness. In 1923 the Wittes emigrated to San Francisco, California. Anatole Boris Volkov was born on October 29, 1924 in San Francisco, California. After her divorce his mother married Nathan Gregory Silvermaster,...