Stalin's Instruments of Terror
KGB, CHEKA, NKVD, OGPU from 1913 to 1953
Will be published approx. on 31. August 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-86227-350-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 vast network of spies and informers, its units within the Red Army, and the special prisons.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Publishing group
The History Press Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86227-350-4 (9781862273504)
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Person
Rupert Butler is a much published author and journalist who specialises in historical narratives on the origins of the Third Reich and World War II. He lives in London.