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Meet The Real Russian Spies Who Inspired FX's "The Americans"

An American family in suburban New Jersey were actually Russian spies living undercover for years. A 2010 FBI raid put an end to the work of ten individuals within the U.S., and one who was found in Cyprus.

Meet The Real Russian Spies Who Inspired FX's "The Americans"
THE AMERICANS -- Pictured: (L-R) Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings, Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings -- CR: Frank Ockenfels/FX

What would you do if you learned that your two friends, Richard and Cynthia, were actually Vladimir and Lydia?

If this sounds straight out of a Cold War propaganda film (or an FX-original drama), ask the residents of suburban Montclair, New Jersey, about the FBI raid that occurred back in 2010 at 31 Marquette Road. As it turns out, the bread-and-butter, all-American family down the street were actually Russian spies.

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