Stalin's instruments of terror: CHEKA, OGPU, NKVD, KGB, from 1917 to 1991
by Butler, Rupert.
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BookPublisher: Spellmount 2006ISBN: 9781862273504; 1862273502.Classification number: 363.283 BUTSubject(s): Stalin 1879-1953 | Political persecution -- Soviet Union -- History | Secret service -- Soviet Union -- History | Soviet Union -- History | Soviet Union -- Politics and governmentSubject: Rupert Butler charts Stalin's use of the re-named NKVD to carry out the purges of the 1930s in which millions were arrested and ended their lives in forced-labour camps. This book looks at the organisation of the state's secret police in Russia during this time, its units within the Red Army, and the special prisons.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 363.283 BUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002486285X |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187) and index
Rupert Butler charts Stalin's use of the re-named NKVD to carry out the purges of the 1930s in which millions were arrested and ended their lives in forced-labour camps. This book looks at the organisation of the state's secret police in Russia during this time, its units within the Red Army, and the special prisons.
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