Russian Secret Police - Muscovite, Imperial Russian Soviet Political Security Operations

This book, first published in 1970, is an important study of Russia's security services from their earliest years to the mid-twentieth century. Ronald Hingley demonstrates how the secret police acted, both under the Tsars and under Soviet rule, as a key instrument of control over all fields of Russian life by an authoritarian state.

Sommario

1. From the Oprichnina to the Decembrists (1565-1825) 2. The Third Section under Nicholas I (1826-1855) 3. The Third Section under Alexander II (1855-1880) 4. The Nineteenth-Century Okhrana (1880-1900) 5. The Okhrana in the Age of Assassinations (1901-1908) 6. The Decline and Fall of the Okhrana (1908-1917) 7. The Cheka (1917-1922) 8. The GPU/OGPU (1922-1934) 9. The NKVD under Yagoda and Yezhov (1934-1938) 10. Beria and the NKVD/KGB (1938-1945) 11. Beria and the MVD/MGB (1945-1953) 12. The KGB under Krushchev (1954-1964) 13. The KGB after Krushchev (1964-1970)

Info autore

Ronald Hingley

Riassunto

This book, first published in 1970, is an important study of Russia’s security services from their earliest years to the mid-twentieth century. Ronald Hingley demonstrates how the secret police acted, both under the Tsars and under Soviet rule, as a key instrument of control over all fields of Russian life by an authoritarian state.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ronald Hingley, Hingley Ronald
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367752491
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75249-1
• Pagine: 318
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: International Security Studies
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Storia, politica; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Informatica, EDP > Comunicazione dati, reti; Russia, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, military history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, c 1500 onwards to present day, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Police & security services, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Police and security services, COMPUTERS / Security / Network Security