The Ochrana
The Russian Secret Police
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Communism & Socialism, History, Asian, Russia
| Author: | A. T. Vassilyev | ISBN: | 9781787205123 |
| Publisher: | Muriwai Books | Publication: | June 28, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Muriwai Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | A. T. Vassilyev |
| ISBN: | 9781787205123 |
| Publisher: | Muriwai Books |
| Publication: | June 28, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Muriwai Books |
| Language: | English |
Originally published in 1930, these are the memoirs of the last Tsarist chief of police, Okhrana, who was arrested by the revolutionaries, refused to be a Bolshevik spy, escaped to France, became a railway porter and died penniless.
The book tells of the part he played in Rasputin’s death and his experiences during WWI and the Revolutions, and the comparison between the Okhrana and the Cheka, the Soviet secret police, in which he describes a kinder, gentler Okhrana.
Richly illustrated throughout.
Originally published in 1930, these are the memoirs of the last Tsarist chief of police, Okhrana, who was arrested by the revolutionaries, refused to be a Bolshevik spy, escaped to France, became a railway porter and died penniless.
The book tells of the part he played in Rasputin’s death and his experiences during WWI and the Revolutions, and the comparison between the Okhrana and the Cheka, the Soviet secret police, in which he describes a kinder, gentler Okhrana.
Richly illustrated throughout.
