LEADER 05319nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910780159403321 005 20230607213716.0 010 $a1-280-34647-7 010 $a9786610346479 010 $a1-892941-25-2 010 $a0-87586-149-0 035 $a(CKB)111056487018658 035 $a(EBL)318614 035 $a(OCoLC)123112568 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000240246 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12049320 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240246 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10252438 035 $a(PQKB)10110965 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC318614 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL318614 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10476834 035 $a(OCoLC)935264823 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056487018658 100 $a20110706d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe early years$b[electronic resource] $e9th-11th centuries (882-1069) /$fVladimir Plougin ; translated by Gennady Baskov ; edited by Claudiu A. Secara 210 $aNew York $cAlgora Pub.$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 225 1 $aRussian intelligence services ;$vv. 1 225 1 $aA history of Russian intelligence ;$vv. 1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-892941-52-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 ALLIES 327 $a1. 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 Peace 327 $a11. 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 South 327 $a9. 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 Summary 327 $aChapter 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) 327 $aBibliography (in Russian) 263 330 $aRussia's tumultuous early history is unearthed with a view to deciphering the strategies and stratagems that prevailed. Written by best-selling Russian author Vladimir Plougin, a professor at Moscow State University, the stories are drawn from ancient chr 410 0$aHistory of Russian intelligence ;$vv. 1. 606 $aIntelligence service$zRussia$xHistory 606 $aIntelligence service$zSoviet Union$xHistory 606 $aIntelligence service$zRussia (Federation)$xHistory 615 0$aIntelligence service$xHistory. 615 0$aIntelligence service$xHistory. 615 0$aIntelligence service$xHistory. 676 $a327.1247—dc21 700 $aPlougin$b Vladimir$01545280 701 $aBashkov$b Gennady$01545281 701 $aSecara$b Claudiu A$0862841 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780159403321 996 $aThe early years$93800149 997 $aUNINA