1970, London : Hutchinson. First Hardcover. Text clean, unmarked. Hard Cover. Stored and protected in a Mylar cover. Dust jacket price clipped, otherwise very clean, bright, light edge/shelf wear. No rips, tears, stains. Navy cover boards Vg, binding solid, square. Photos of item you will receive. The Russian secret police: Muscovite, Imperial Russian and Soviet Political security operations, 1565-1970. Ships quickly and with care. This vintage 1970 book by Ronald Hingley provides a comprehensive study of Russian political security operations from 1565 to the Soviet era, including the Oprichnina, Okhrana, NKVD, and KGB. Analyzing evidence from Russian sources, it examines Stalin's Great Terror, secret police infiltration of revolutionary groups, and the broader impact of security agencies on Russian society and culture.
SYNOPSIS:--Vladimir Nabokov has written that Russian history can be considered from two viewpoints: 'First as the evolution of the police... and second, as the development of a marvelous culture.' In this important new study of Russia's security services from the sixteenth century to the present day, Ronald Hingley reveals how intimately these two strands are linked. As he shows, the secret police has 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.
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