The Russian Secret Police - Muscovite, Imperial Russian and Soviet Political Security Operations 1565-1970 (Hardcover)

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 exercised over all fields of Russian life by an outstandingly authoritarian state. He analyses the Tsarist Third Section and Okhrana and their role in countering Russian revolutionary groups, and examines the Soviet agencies as they assumed the roles of policeman, judge and executioner. This masterly evaluation of Russian and Soviet secret police makes extensive use of hard-to-find Russian documentary sources, and is the first such research that studies Russian political security (Muscovite, Imperial and Soviet) as a whole.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: International Security Studies
Release date:	May 2021
First published:	1970
Authors:	Ronald Hingley
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-75249-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Emergency services > Police & security services Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	0-367-75249-2
Barcode:	9780367752491

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