The Tsarist Secret Police Abroad

2002-12-18 History

Author : F. Zuckerman
Release : 2002-12-18
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 936/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Tsarist Secret Police Abroad by : F. Zuckerman

Download or read book The Tsarist Secret Police Abroad written by F. Zuckerman. This book was released on 2002-12-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1883, the Russian police established the Foreign Agentura in Paris. The bureau's brief: to forewarn Tsardom of terrorist plans and, if possible, to defuse acts of terrorism against high personages by revolutionaries operating under European sanctuary. As the revolutionary emigration expanded, the Foreign Agentura reacted by spreading its tentacles across Europe and England. With the help of their European colleagues, the Tsar's agents tackled and drove back this terrorist force, proving themselves invaluable in the evolution of political policing.

The Paris Review Book

2003-02-22 History

Author : Frederic Zuckerman
Release : 2003-02-22
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 386/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Paris Review Book written by Frederic Zuckerman. This book was released on 2003-02-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes how in 1883, the Russian police established the Foreign Agentura in Paris. The bureau's brief: to forewarn Tsardom of terrorist plans and, if possible, to defuse acts of terrorism against high personages by revolutionaries operating under European sanctuary. As the revolutionary emigration expanded, the Foreign Agentura reacted by spreading its tentacles across Europe and England. With the help of their European colleagues, the Tsar's agents tackled and drove back this terrorist force, proving themselves invaluable in the evolution of political policing.

Russian Hide-and-seek

2002 History

Author : Iain Lauchlan
Release : 2002
Genre : History
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Download or read book Russian Hide-and-seek written by Iain Lauchlan. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of the operational center of Tsar Nicholas II's secret police (the Okhrana or Okhranka) during the peak of its activities and notoriety. It explores the gulf between the theory and practice of espionage, whereby attempts to create a rational bureaucratic surveillance machine clash with the unpredictable factor of human nature and its weaknesses. The author also examines the social and political friction aroused by the Okhrana during Imperial Russia's turbulent constitutional experiment. Rather than rehashing the old demonic image of a prototypical totalitarian secret police agency, Russian Hide-and-Seek places the Okhrana in its historical context: as an innovator among the Great Powers in the realms of political intelligence and counter-terrorism, striving to avert the precipitous descents into world war and revolution.

The Tsarist Secret Police in Russian Society, 1880-1917

1996-04-16 History

Author : F. Zuckerman
Release : 1996-04-16
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 442/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Tsarist Secret Police in Russian Society, 1880-1917 written by F. Zuckerman. This book was released on 1996-04-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to portray the history of the Russian secret police - the so-called 'Okhrana' - its personnel, world view and interaction with both government and people during the reigns of Alexander III and Nicholas II. The secret police harassed, infiltrated and subverted Russian radical and progressive society as it struggled to preserve Tsardom's traditional political culture in the face of Russia's rapid socio-economic transformation - a transformation which the forces of order scarcely understood, yet deeply despised.

Fontanka 16

1999 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Charles A. Ruud
Release : 1999
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Fontanka 16 by : Charles A. Ruud

Download or read book Fontanka 16 written by Charles A. Ruud. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account describes the development of a secret police force that was rooted in tsarist Russia, but provided a model for Soviet police organizations. Ruud (history, U. of Western Ontario) and Stepanov (history, Russian Independent Institute of Social and Nationality Problems, Moscow) provide a comprehensive study of the tsarist secret police, the Okhranka, which was designed to catch terrorists before they assassinated Russia's leaders, during the period leading up to the Revolution of 1917. The book explores the Okhranka and its allied organization, the Gendarmes, through particular cases rather than in strictly institutional terms. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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