Lives of Soviet Secret Agents - Religion and Police Surveillance in the Ussr

This book explores the world of secret police surveillance within the Soviet Union, delving into the collusion of religious communities with the Soviet secret police. These issues are addressed through an in-depth analysis of previously untapped archival sources from the Soviet secret police archives and eyewitness testimonies.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction: Policing Religion in the Soviet Union Tatiana Vagramenko and Nadezhda Beliakova
Chapter 1: Novice Sania: The Life of Underground Orthodox Communities through the Testimony of a Witness for the Prosecution Anna Samsonova and Tatiana Vagramenko
Chapter 2: Secret Agents in the Post-War Russian Orthodox Episcopate: The Case of the Ukrainian SSR Roman Skakun
Chapter 3: Fighting Prophets and Prophecies: The Soviet Secret Police against Pentecostals Vera Kliueva
Chapter 4: Agent Recruitment within the Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches in Latvia Solveiga Kr¿mi¿a-Kökova
Chapter 5: Mykola Murani - "Berezovskii" - "Sova": The KGB Collaborator in Charge of an Underground Church Roman Skakun and Volodymyr Moroz
Chapter 6: Undercover and in Faith: The Secret Life of a Woman Agent in the Baptist Community of Soviet Kyiv Nadezhda Beliakova
Chapter 7: Targeted by the Intelligence Services yet Sheltered by the Almighty: The Memoirs of Jakob Görzen, Manager of an Underground Baptist Press in the USSR Johannes Dyck
Chapter 8: Chain of the Qur'an: Secret Agents among Muslims during the Stalinist Repressions Yuliya Shapoval
Chapter 9: The Espionage Activities of an Embassy Typist: The Fate of Secret Collaborator Emina Akchurina Renat Bekkin
Afterword: Interrogating Shadows: Theology and the Legacy of Soviet Surveillance Katya Tolstaya
About the Contributors

About the author

Edited by Tatiana Vagramenko and Nadezhda Beliakova - Afterword by Katya Tolstaya - Contributions by Nadezhda Beliakova; Tatiana Vagramenko; Renat Bekkin; Johannes Dyck; Vera Kliueva; Solveiga Krumina-Konkova; Volodymyr Moroz; Anna Samsonova; Yulia Shapov

Product details

• Authors: Tatiana Beliakova Vagramenko
• Assisted by: Nadezhda Beliakova (Editor), Nadezhda Beliakova (Editor), Tatiana Vagramenko (Editor), Tatiana Vagramenko (Editor), Katya Tolstaya (Afterword), Tolstaya Katya (Afterword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2025
• EAN: 9781666938456
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-845-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Ukraine, Russia, European History, 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Society and culture: general, USSR, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Russia / General, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era, HISTORY / Europe / Ukraine