05319nam 2200721 a 450 991080953750332120230607213716.01-280-34647-797866103464791-892941-25-20-87586-149-0(CKB)111056487018658(EBL)318614(OCoLC)123112568(SSID)ssj0000240246(PQKBManifestationID)12049320(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240246(PQKBWorkID)10252438(PQKB)10110965(MiAaPQ)EBC318614(Au-PeEL)EBL318614(CaPaEBR)ebr10476834(OCoLC)935264823(EXLCZ)9911105648701865820110706d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe early years[electronic resource] 9th-11th centuries (882-1069) /Vladimir Plougin ; translated by Gennady Baskov ; edited by Claudiu A. SecaraNew York Algora Pub.20011 online resource (280 p.)Russian intelligence services ;v. 1A history of Russian intelligence ;v. 1Description based upon print version of record.1-892941-52-X Includes bibliographical references.CONTENTS; Foreword: "In Pursuit of My Lord's Quest ."; Chapter I.AT THE SOURCES; 1. A Commotion on the Rhine, or How the Russians AlarmedEurope for the First Time; 2. Strange Customs of the Arsanians; 3. A Ballad to the Intelligence Services of the Prophetic Oleg; 4. Intelligence Among Slavs and Russians According toEarly Medieval Authors; 5. A Woman Saves the City; 6. How a Lad, together with Voivode Pretich, Saved Kiev, orDisinformation as a Factor in Victory; Chapter II.UNEQUAL COMPETITION:SVYATOSLAV'S INTELLIGENCE AGAINST BYZANTIUM AND ITS ALLIES1. The First Balkan Campaign. Voivode Volk2. Calokir's Scheme and Svyatoslav's New Plans. War withByzantium; 3. Intelligence Among the Byzantines and Russians; 4. Defeat at Arkadiopolis; 5. Svyatoslav's Agents at the Greek Camp. Tzimisces Crosses theRhodope Mountains; 6. The Collapse of the Russian and Bulgarian Union; 7. "The Storm Was Raging, the Rain Was Heavy." The Night Raid July 28, 971; 8. Ikmor's Death. Sacrifice to Perun; 9. Byzantine Ears at Svyatoslav's War Council. Investigation andCastigation; 10. The Last Battle. The Dorostol Peace11. A Landscape with Oarsmen and Horsemen. Death at the DnieperRapids. Whose Fault?12. The Skull Chalice. Valediction to the Great Prince SvyatoslavIgorevich; Chapter III.THE SECRET WARS OF PRINCE VLADIMIR'S TIMES; 1. A Hunting Accident and the Beginning of the Power Struggleamong Svyatoslav's Heirs (the Svyatoslavichi); 2. A Tale about the First Renegade; 3. Vladimir's War March on Korsun; 4. Anastasius' Story in the Chronicles; 5. Anastasius. A Quick Portrait; 6. Zhdebern; 7. Anastasius's Star, or the First Agent Who Defected to the West; 8. Russian Strategic Intelligence in the South9. Folk Wits10. Vladimir's Domestic Law-and-Order Philosophy; Chapter IV.EPIC HEROES; 1. History and the Heroic Epics; 2. Ilya Muromets and his Friends. "Heroic Outposts"; 3. An Epic Picture of Ilya Muromets; 4. Dounai; 5. Dobrynia Nikitich; 6. Alesha Popovich; 7. The Case of the Stolen Silver Chalice; 8. Dobrynia and Marinka; 9. The Vicissitudes of Service (Intrigues, Conflicts, Dungeons, etc.); 10. Epos and History. Who of the Heroes Served or Could HaveServed Vladimir Svyatoslavich?; 11. Russian Secret Services under Vladimir. A SummaryChapter V.SVYATOPOLK, SON OF YAROPOLK, AND VLADIMIR'S HEIRS1. Son or Stepson?; 2. The Shadow of Yaropolk; 3. Fortune Smiles on Svyatopolk; 4. "Poutsha's Lads"; 5. Two Varangians; 6. Crimson Dawns; 7. How Yaroslav the Wise Came Close to BecomingYaroslav the Daft; 8. Svyatopolk's Return. An Interpretation of the "Eimund Yarn"; 9. Svyatopolk's Return in the Chronicles. Battle at Volhyn'; 10. Svyatopolk's End. A Version of the "Eimund Yarn"; 11. "Between the Czechs and the Liakhs." The Russian Version; ADDENDUM. THE FIRST PRESERVED REPORT FROM A RUSSIAN AGENT; Bibliography (in English)Bibliography (in Russian) 263Russia's tumultuous early history is unearthed with a view to deciphering the strategies and stratagems that prevailed. Written by best-selling Russian author Vladimir Plougin, a professor at Moscow State University, the stories are drawn from ancient chrHistory of Russian intelligence ;v. 1.Intelligence serviceRussiaHistoryIntelligence serviceSoviet UnionHistoryIntelligence serviceRussia (Federation)HistoryIntelligence serviceHistory.Intelligence serviceHistory.Intelligence serviceHistory.327.1247—dc21Plougin Vladimir1606417Bashkov Gennady1606418Secara Claudiu A862841MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809537503321The early years3932208UNINA