| Description |
xxii, 424 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-391) and index. |
| Contents |
Beriia takes over -- Mass killings of Polish POW officers -- The Orel massacres, the killings of senior military officers, and war-time deportations -- SMERSH and Abakumov -- The Vlasov movement and other collaborators -- Abakumov as head of MGB -- Post-war campaigns against the military -- The anti-Semitic campaigns -- The Leningrad affair -- Intelligence, counterintelligence, and terror campaigns in East Europe -- Downfall -- The aftermath -- Legacy. |
| Subject |
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953.
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Soviet Union. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1936-1953 |
| Subject |
Political purges -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Political purges. |
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History. |
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Secret service -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Secret service. |
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953. |
| Indexed Term |
Secret police |
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| ISBN |
0275951138 hardcover alkaline paper |
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