Any actions of Sydney Reilly in this part of his life that give an idea he will become an outstanding spy?

Any actions of Sydney Reilly in this part of his life that give an idea he will become an  outstanding spy?  Any signs of starting influencing the history of the countries around?

Starting from this part of his life why not to imagine yourself a character (characters)  that would change anything in Sydney Reilly’s life for completely different style of living?

Virtual Tour dedicated to Sidney Reilly, 'Ace of Spies, used by Ian Fleming as a model for James Bond 

 

More moments of Sydney Reilly’s life. 

After being arrested and released by Imperial Russian Secret Police in 1892 Georgiy Rosenblum renamed himself Sigmund Rosenblum, faked his death in Odessa Harbour and stowed away aboard a British ship bound for South America, Brazil … where all the men wear white trousers, some say… J

In Brazil young Sigmund adopted the name Pedro and worked odd jobs as a dock worker, a road mender, a plantation labourer and, in 1895, a cook for a British intelligence expedition.

Rosenblum allegedly saved both the expedition and the life of Major Charles Fothergill when hostile natives attacked them. Rosenblum seized a British officer's pistol and, with single-hand marksmanship, killed the attacking natives. Appropriately for a fantastic story, Major Fothergill rewarded Rosenblum with 1,500 pounds, a British passport and passage to Britain. There Pedro became Sidney Rosenblum. Andrew Cook asserts in Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly that the evidence contradicts this tale of Brazil. Cook states that the arrival of Sigmund Rosenblum in London in December 1895 was from France, and was prompted by Rosenblum's unscrupulous acquisition of a large sum of money in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, a residential suburb of Paris, necessitating a hasty flight. According to Cook's account, Rosenblum and Yan Voitek, a Russian accomplice, waylaid two Italian anarchists on 25 December 1895 and robbed them of a substantial amount of revolutionary funds. One anarchist's throat was cut; the other, Constant Della Cassa, died from knife wounds in Fontainebleau Hospital three days later. By the time Della Cassa's death appeared in the newspapers police had learned that one of the assailants, whose physical description matched Rosenblum's, was already en route to Britain. Rosenblum's accomplice, Voitek, later related this incident as well as other dealings with Rosenblum to the British Secret Intelligence Service.

Regardless of whether Sigmund Rosenblum arrived in Britain via Brazil or France, he resided at the Albert Mansions, an apartment block in Rosetta Street, Waterloo, London, in early 1896.

Invite yourself and friends for a Virtual Tour dedicated to Sidney Reilly, his times, his places, starting on 30 July at 11:00 at a café in Dreamtown , Aquapark in Obolonskiy prospect 21b, http://kievbum.com/akvapark-kiev-karta/

Registration – activetours@i.ua, 0665004149

Participation: 150 UAH for 1,5 hours of talks or 100 UAH for those who would enjoy 2 more  hours at Aquapark.

Spies differ? What can make a man to start playng spying games? What can make a man to stop being a spy? Cooking?

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Spies differ? What can make a man to start playng spying games?

Spies differ? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTrvj0h8iJY

What can make a man to start playng spying games?

Searching adventures

Having read relevant books, watched films

Inner code

Career considerstions

Money issues

Femme and relationships

A model person nearby

Chance

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Virtual Tour dedicated to Sidney Reilly, 'Ace of Spies, used by Ian Fleming as a model for James Bond

Sidney Reilly, born in Odessa as Georgy Rosenblum in 1870 – several facts and  life moments of "Ace of Spies" who exported and imported spying services for at least 4 countries - United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Russian Empire.

Invite yourself and friends for a Virtual Tour dedicated to Sidney Reilly, his times, his places, starting on 30 July at 11:00 at a café in Dreamtown , Aquapark in Obolonskiy prospect 21b, http://kievbum.com/akvapark-kiev-karta/

Registration – activetours@i.ua, 0665004149

Participation: 150 UAH for 1,5 hours of talks or 100 UAH for those who would enjoy 2 more  hours at Aquapark.

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Sidney George Reilly, commonly known as the so-called 'Ace of Spies', was a secret agent of the British Secret Service Bureau, the precursor to the modern British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6/SIS). He is alleged to have spied for at least four different powers. Reilly's fame was created during the 1920s, in part by his friend, the British diplomat and journalist Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, who publicized their thwarted operation to overthrow the Bolshevik regime in 1918. The London Evening Standard published in May 1931 a serial, headlined "Master Spy", imparting his exploits. Later Ian Fleming used Reilly as a model for James Bond. Today many historians consider Reilly to have been the first 20th-century "super-spy". Much of what is thought to be known about him could be false, however, as Reilly was a master of deception and most of his life is shrouded in legend.

Origins and youth

The origins, identities and activities of Sidney Reilly have befuddled researchers and intelligence agencies for more than 100 years, and much of his purported life and many of his notorious exploits should be cautiously examined. Reilly himself told several versions of his origins to confuse and mislead investigators: he claimed to be the son of an Irish merchant seaman, an Irish clergyman, and an aristocratic landowner and habitué of the Imperial court of Tsar Alexander III of Russia. According to the Ukrainian newspaper Segodnya, he was born Zigmund Markovich Rozenblum (Rosenblum) on 24 March 1874 in Odessa, then a Black Sea port of the Russian Empire. His father, Mark, was a stockbroker, and shipping agent, and his mother came from an impoverished noble family.

Other sources say that Reilly was born Georgy Rosenblum in Odessa on 24 March 1873 or 1874. However, in Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly (p. 28), Andrew Cook states that Reilly was born on 24 March 1873 in the Jewish Kherson gubernia of Tsarist Russia, as Salomon (Shlomo) Rosenblum, and that he was the illegitimate son of Polina (or "Perla"), his acknowledged mother, and Dr Mikhail Abramovich Rosenblum, the trusted first cousin of Reilly's putative father, Grigory (Hersh) Rosenblum. There is also speculation that he was the son of a merchant marine captain and the above-mentioned mother.

Early life

In 1892 the Imperial Russian Secret Police arrested Georgi Rosenblum for being a messenger for a revolutionary group, the Friends of Enlightenment, as stated by Georgi Rosenblum himself. Trust him :)

After he was released Grigory, his assumed father, told him that his mother was dead and that his biological father was her Jewish doctor Mikhail A. Rosenblum. Renaming himself Sigmund Rosenblum, he faked his death in Odessa Harbour and stowed away aboard a British ship bound for South America, Brazil …

When in London, Walk King Alfred’s London :) When in Kyiv, Walk Prince Vladimir’s Kyiv :)

“Bridge” that is the translation of  the first name of Vladimirskaya street in 10^th century , or “Most” in Russian , transliterated in English, one of the oldest and greatests streets in Kyiv.

That’s where a guided tour group will head to on 16^th July after gathering at the entrance to University metro station at 3pm and visiting St Vladimir’s Cathedral, within City Tour of London in Kyiv.

When in London, Walk King Alfred’s London http://www.hyde900.org.uk/events/walk-king-alfreds-london/

start at St Paul’s Cathedral and hold your way around City of London, created by the Romans who lived there J

When in Kyiv, likewise, Walk Prince Vladimir’s Kyiv,

start at St Vladimir’s Cathedral and walk over to Vladimirskaya street

together with guided tour group …

So far, get more interesting parallel facts about King Alfred’s and Prince Vladimir, their deeds, times, places, events:

King Alfred

4) In 853 at the age of four Alfred is said to have been sent to Rome where, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. he was confirmed by Pope Leo IV who "anointed him as king" …
5) Bishop Asser tells the story of how as a child Alfred won as a prize a book of Saxon poems, offered by his mother to the first of her children able to memorize it. Legend also has it that the young Alfred spent time in Ireland seeking healing. Alfred was troubled by health problems throughout his life. It is thought that he may have suffered from Crohn's disease. Statues of Alfred in Winchester and Wantage portray him as a great warrior. Evidence suggests he was not physically strong, and though not lacking in courage, he was noted more for his intellect than as a warlike character.
Prince Vladimir
4) In 977 Vladimir fled to his kinsman Haakon Sigurdsson, ruler of Norway, collecting as many Norse warriors as he could to assist him to recover Novgorod. On his return the next year, he marched against Yaropolk. On his way to Kiev he sent ambassadors to Rogvolod (Norse: Ragnvald), prince of Polotsk, to sue for the hand of his daughter Rogneda (Norse: Ragnhild). The high-born princess refused to affiance herself to the son of a bondswoman, so Vladimir attacked Polotsk, slew Rogvolod, and took Ragnhild by force. Polotsk was a key fortress on the way to Kiev, and capturing Polotsk and Smolensk facilitated the taking of Kiev in 978, where he slew Yaropolk by treachery and was proclaimed knyaz of all Kievan Rus.
5) The Primary Chronicle reports that in the year 987, after consultation with his boyars, Vladimir the Great sent envoys to study the religions of the various neighboring nations whose representatives had been urging him to embrace their respective faiths. The result is described by the chronicler Nestor. Of the Muslim Bulgarians of the Volga the envoys reported there is no gladness among them, only sorrow and a great stench. He also reported that Islam was undesirable due to its taboo against alcoholic beverages and pork. Vladimir remarked on the occasion: "Drinking is the joy of all Rus'. We cannot exist without that pleasure." Ukrainian and Russian sources also describe Vladimir consulting with Jewish envoys and questioning them about their religion. His emissaries also visited Roman Catholic and Orthodox missionaries. Ultimately Vladimir settled on Eastern Orthodox Christianity
And that is only a part of the story  …

16 July 3pm Insight into personalities of Alfred The Great and Saint Vladimir. Comparative biographies. Walking Tour in the downtown of Kyiv. 2 hours. Limit 20 participants

Place to start - University metro station. Sign up - write to activetours@i.ua, text to 066 5004149

150 UAH. 50% discounts for students, young pairs and groups. Payment in advance or at the spot.

Together in Ukraine - City Tours of London in Kyiv. Discovering English values in Ukraine

The first 3 facts out of 10 about Alfred the Great and Vladimir The Saint. Learn more at walking tour

The first 3 facts out of 10 about Alfred the Great and Vladimir The Saint.  An insight into Comparative Biographies at City Tour of London in  Kyiv on 16th of July within the series of  Discovering English Values in Ukraine Tours 

KING Alfred the Great, that is seen by many as the first king of all England, who died on October 26, AD 899

1. was born at Wantage, Berkshire, in AD 849, the fifth son of the West Saxon King Ethelwulf. 

2. three of his brothers, Ethelbald, Ethelbert and Ethelred became King of Wessex before him but all died young leaving Alfred to become king in AD 871. 

3. at that time Wessex was the only Anglo-Saxon kingdom that had not fallen to the Vikings. 

Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great, a prince of Novgorod, grand prince of Kiev, and ruler of Kievan Rus' from 980 to 1015

1.      was born in about 960  with prince Sviatoslav I of Kiev of the Rurik dynasty, was his  natural and youngest son and his housekeeper Malusha. Malusha is described in the Norse sagas as a prophetess who lived to the age of 100 and was brought from her cave to the palace to predict the future. Malusha's brother Dobrynya was Vladimir's tutor and most trusted advisor.

2.      after the death of his father in 972, Vladimir, who was then prince of Novgorod, was forced to flee to Scandinavia in 976 after his brother Yaropolk had murdered his other brother Oleg and conquered Rus'. In Sweden, with the help from his relative Ladejarl Håkon Sigurdsson, ruler of Norway, he assembled a Varangian army and reconquered Novgorod from Yaropolk.

3.      Originally a follower of Slavic paganism, Vladimir converted to Christianity in 988 and Christianized the Kievan Rus

Learn and share more about these two historical figures at an interactive City Tour of London in Kyiv on 16th July.

16 July 3pm Insight into personalities of Alfred The Great and Saint Vladimir. Comparative biographies. Walking Tour in the downtown of Kyiv. 2 hours. 150 UAH. 50% discounts for students, young pairs and groups

Place to start - University metro station. Sign up - write to activetours@i.ua, text to 066 5004149

Together in Ukraine - City Tours of London in Kyiv. Discovering English values in Ukraine