The Resource The state within a state : the KGB and its hold on Russia--past, present, and future, Yevgenia Albats ; translated from the Russian by Catherine Fitzpatrick
The state within a state : the KGB and its hold on Russia--past, present, and future, Yevgenia Albats ; translated from the Russian by Catherine Fitzpatrick
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- Summary
- In this riveting and immensely readable investigation, Yevgenia Albats, one of Russia's leading journalists, explodes the myth that the KGB died - or even faded away - when the Soviet empire broke apart. Albats makes the shocking claim that the same group which proudly traces its lineage to Stalin's brutally repressive secret police actually engineered the policy of perestroika, subtly and effectively controlling the overhaul of Soviet society in order to reposition itself at the top. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished documents from the KGB's secret files and on rare interviews with victims as well as interrogators, Albats chronicles the KGB's evolution into the world's largest secret police force. She shows how it infiltrated every structure of civil society and every aspect of daily life; how it choreographed the "unsuccessful" coup of August 1991; and how, despite its official dissolution in the new democratic Russia, the KGB is stronger than ever, having transformed itself from an instrument of state power to a state power in its own right
- Language
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- eng
- rus
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- ix, 401 pages
- Note
- Contains selected documents from archives of the KGB
- Isbn
- 9780374181048
- Label
- The state within a state : the KGB and its hold on Russia--past, present, and future
- Title
- The state within a state
- Title remainder
- the KGB and its hold on Russia--past, present, and future
- Statement of responsibility
- Yevgenia Albats ; translated from the Russian by Catherine Fitzpatrick
- Language
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- eng
- rus
- eng
- Summary
- In this riveting and immensely readable investigation, Yevgenia Albats, one of Russia's leading journalists, explodes the myth that the KGB died - or even faded away - when the Soviet empire broke apart. Albats makes the shocking claim that the same group which proudly traces its lineage to Stalin's brutally repressive secret police actually engineered the policy of perestroika, subtly and effectively controlling the overhaul of Soviet society in order to reposition itself at the top. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished documents from the KGB's secret files and on rare interviews with victims as well as interrogators, Albats chronicles the KGB's evolution into the world's largest secret police force. She shows how it infiltrated every structure of civil society and every aspect of daily life; how it choreographed the "unsuccessful" coup of August 1991; and how, despite its official dissolution in the new democratic Russia, the KGB is stronger than ever, having transformed itself from an instrument of state power to a state power in its own right
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- Alʹbat︠s︡, Evgenii︠a︡
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Soviet Union
- Russia (Federation)
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union
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- The state within a state : the KGB and its hold on Russia--past, present, and future, Yevgenia Albats ; translated from the Russian by Catherine Fitzpatrick
- Note
- Contains selected documents from archives of the KGB
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 30110346
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- ix, 401 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374181048
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1619399
- Label
- The state within a state : the KGB and its hold on Russia--past, present, and future, Yevgenia Albats ; translated from the Russian by Catherine Fitzpatrick
- Note
- Contains selected documents from archives of the KGB
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 30110346
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- ix, 401 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374181048
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1619399
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