Tiskin was recruited by the KGB at the age of 9 from the Selyokovich orphanage, where he had been since 1973. Details of his life between this time and the age of 16 are unclear as all relevant documentation was classified or has since been destroyed when the Soviet Union broke up. It is thought that he moved to a special KGB boarding school where he learnt foreign languages and espionage.
On his 16th birthday he was transferred to the elite 3rd Krasnov division of the Soviet army where he became a senior lieutenant before returning to anonymity at the age of 20.
When the KGB was abolished in October of 1991, Tiskin was one of the few "sleeper" agents never reined in by the succeeding agencies. With the ensuing administrative chaos of the 1990s, all knowledge of Tiskin's involvment with the Cold War became lost.
Documents recovered in March 2000 by Russia's current intelligence services indicate that Tiskin is still active and operating in Warwickshire, England.
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