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Autore |
Shearer David R. |
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Titolo |
Stalin and the Lubianka : A Documentary History of the Political Police and Security Organs in the Soviet Union, 1922-1953 / / Vladimir Khaustov, David R. Shearer |
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New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Annals of Communism Series |
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HIS032000HIS037070POL005000POL012000 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Police - Soviet Union - History |
Internal security - Soviet Union - History |
Political prisoners - Soviet Union - History |
Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936 |
Soviet Union Politics and government 1936-1953 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Translation, Document Presentation, Transliteration, and Abbreviations -- Abbreviations and Glossary of Frequently Used Terms -- Introduction: Stalin and the Lubianka -- Chapter One: Expanding Power, Infi ltrating the State 1922-1927 -- Chapter Two: Threats from Abroad, Infi ltrating the Economy 1927-1930 -- Chapter Three: Subduing the Countryside 1928-1933 -- Chapter Four: Ordering Society 1933-1937 -- Chapter Five: The Great Purges 1935-1939 -- Chapter Six: Social and Ethnic Cleansing: The Mass Operations, 1937-1938 -- Chapter Seven: The Security Organs at War 1939-1944 -- Chapter Eight: Border Wars, Plots, and Spy Mania 1945-1953 -- Conclusion -- Biographical Sketches -- Documents -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This fascinating documentary history is the first English-language exploration of Joseph Stalin's relationship with, and manipulation of, the Soviet political police. The story follows the changing functions, organization, and fortunes of the political police and security organs |
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from the early 1920s until Stalin's death in 1953, and it provides documented detail about how Stalin used these organs to achieve and maintain undisputed power. Although written as a narrative, it includes translations of more than 170 documents from Soviet archives. |
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