The Tsarist Secret Police in Russian Society, 1880-1917
Description
This text portrays the history of the Russian secret police - the so-called Okhrana - it 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.
Keywords
Russia. -- Okhrannyi︠a︡ otdi︠e︡lenīi︠a︡.Police -- Russia.Secret service -- Russia.Russia -- History -- Alexander III, 1881-1894.Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
1996Book
Author(s)Fredric Scott Zuckerman
PublisherMacmillan
ISBN9780333633960
LanguageEnglish
