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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798072003321

Autore

Pringle Robert W.

Titolo

Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence / / Robert W. Pringle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015]

Boston, Massachusetts : , : Credo Reference, , 2017

ISBN

1-78684-402-8

1-4422-5318-5

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (449 p.)

Collana

Historical dictionaries of intelligence and counterintelligence

Disciplina

327.1247003

Soggetti

Intelligence service - Russia

Military intelligence - Russia

Spies - Russia

Intelligence service - Soviet Union

Military intelligence - Soviet Union

Spies - Soviet Union

Intelligence service - Russia (Federation)

Military intelligence - Russia (Federation)

Spies - Russia (Federation)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-420).

Nota di contenuto

Entries A-Z -- The evolution of Soviet State Security -- KGB Chairs, 1917–1991 -- Russian foreign intelligence organizations, 1920– -- Chiefs of Soviet and Russian Foreign Intelligence, 1920– -- Russian Security Services, 1991– -- Heads of Military Intelligence (GRU), 1918– -- Venona code names and encryption -- Loss of life in the Stalin Era -- Agents and programs betrayed by Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, and Edward Lee Howard -- Maskirovka: deception on nuclear weapons programs -- Bibliography -- About the author.

Sommario/riassunto

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence is the only volume that lays out how Russian and Soviet intelligence works and how its operations have impacted Russian



history. It covers Russian intelligence from the imperial period to the present focusing in greatest detail on Cold War espionage cases and the Putin-era intelligence community.