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Stalin and the Lubianka a documentary history of the political police and security organs in the Soviet Union, 1922-1953

Title
Stalin and the Lubianka [electronic resource] : a documentary history of the political police and security organs in the Soviet Union, 1922-1953 / David R. Shearer and Vladimir Khaustov.
Author
Shearer, David R., 1952-
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.

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Additional Authors
Khaustov, V. N. (Vladimir Nikolaevich)
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 368 pages)
Summary
"This 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"--
Series Statement
Annals of communism
Uniform Title
Stalin and the Lubianka (Online)
Alternative Title
Stalin and the Lubianka (Online)
Subject
  • Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 > Influence
  • Lubi︠a︡nka (Prison : Moscow, Russia) > History
  • Police > Soviet Union > History
  • Police > Soviet Union > History > Sources
  • Internal security > Soviet Union > History
  • Political prisoners > Soviet Union > History
  • Power (Social sciences) > Soviet Union > History
  • Social control > Soviet Union > History
  • Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1917-1936
  • Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1936-1953
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-362) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Note on Translation, Document Presentation, Transliteration, and Abbreviations -- List of Abbreviations and Glossary of Frequently Used Terms -- Introduction: Stalin and the Lubianka -- Expanding Power, Infiltrating the State, 1922-1927 -- Threats from Abroad, Infiltrating the Economy, 1927-1930 -- Subduing the Countryside, 1928-1933 -- Ordering Society, 1933-1937 -- The Great Purges, 1935-1939 -- Social and Ethnic Cleansing : The Mass Operations, 1937-1938 -- The Security Organs at War, 1939-1944 -- Border Wars, Plots, and Spy Mania, 1945-1953 -- Conclusion -- Biographical Sketches -- List of Documents.
LCCN
2014012361
OCLC
ssj0001406301
Author
Shearer, David R., 1952-
Title
Stalin and the Lubianka [electronic resource] : a documentary history of the political police and security organs in the Soviet Union, 1922-1953 / David R. Shearer and Vladimir Khaustov.
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
Series
Annals of communism
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-362) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Khaustov, V. N. (Vladimir Nikolaevich)
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