03597nam 22006735 450 991104658300332120200424112023.09780300210712030021071X10.12987/9780300210712(CKB)2670000000590710(StDuBDS)EDZ0001138565(MiAaPQ)EBC3421532(DE-B1597)485988(OCoLC)1024023111(DE-B1597)9780300210712(PPN)259341967(Perlego)1088963(EXLCZ)99267000000059071020200424h20142014 fg engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierStalin and the Lubianka A Documentary History of the Political Police and Security Organs in the Soviet Union, 1922-1953 /Vladimir Khaustov, David R. ShearerNew Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]©20141 online resourceAnnals of Communism SeriesIncludes index.9780300171891 0300171897 9781322564869 1322564868 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- IndexThis 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 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.Annals of Communism.PoliceSoviet UnionHistoryPoliceSoviet UnionHistorySourcesInternal securitySoviet UnionHistoryPolitical prisonersSoviet UnionHistorySoviet UnionPolitics and government1917-1936Soviet UnionPolitics and government1936-1953PoliceHistory.PoliceHistoryInternal securityHistory.Political prisonersHistory.363.20947/09041HIS032000HIS037070POL005000POL012000bisacshShearer David R., authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut253507Khaustov Vladimir, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9911046583003321Stalin and the Lubianka4474396UNINA