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Glenn Michael Souther

After graduating from high school in 1975 in Cumberland, Maine, Souther enlisted in the United States Navy and was trained as a photographer.

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He did not publicly resurface until July 20, 1988, when a television interview program with a segment about him was broadcast on Soviet Central Television.

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In 1982, Souther was given an honorable discharge from the Navy with a rank of petty officer first class to study Russian literature in Old Dominion University.

Mikhail Orlov

Glenn Michael Souther, American defector to the Soviet Union who changed his name to Mikhail Yevgenyevich Orlov

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