Moura Budberg
Moura Budberg | |
|---|---|
Budberg in 1972, by Allan Warren | |
| Born | Maria Ignatievna Zakrevskaya (Мария Игнатьевна Закревская) February 1892 Poltava, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1 November 1974 (aged 82) Terranuova Bracciolini, Italy |
| Occupations | |
| Spouses | Ivan Alexandrovich, Count von Benckendorff
(m. 1911; died 1919) |
| Partner(s) | R. H. Bruce Lockhart Maxim Gorky H. G. Wells |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | Ignaty Platonovich Zakrevsky |
Maria (Moura) Ignatievna von Budberg-Bönninghausen (Russian: Мария (Мура) Игнатьевна Закревская-Бенкендорф-Будберг, romanized: Mariya (Mura) Ignatyevna Zakrevskaya-Benkendorff-Budberg; née Zakrevskaya; 6 March 1893 – 1 November 1974), also known as Countess von Benckendorff and Baroness von Budberg, was a Russian translator and suspected double agent of the Soviet Union's Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) and British intelligence agencies.
According to the British journalist Robin Bruce Lockhart, "she was, perhaps, the Soviet Union's most effective agent-of-influence ever to appear on London's political and intellectual stage".