The Tsarist Secret Police in Russian Society, 1880-1917

The Tsarist Secret Police in Russian Society, 1880-1917
ISBN-10
0230371442
ISBN-13
9780230371446
Category
History
Pages
345
Language
English
Published
1996-04-16
Publisher
Springer
Author
F. Zuckerman

Description

This is the first book to portray the history of the Russian secret police - the so-called 'Okhrana' - its personnel, world view and interaction with both government and people during the reigns of Alexander III and Nicholas II. The secret police harassed, infiltrated and subverted Russian radical and progressive society as it struggled to preserve Tsardom's traditional political culture in the face of Russia's rapid socio-economic transformation - a transformation which the forces of order scarcely understood, yet deeply despised.

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