1930 The Ochrana: The Russian Secret Police

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First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. A detailed history of the The Department for Protecting the Public Security and Order, usually called the Guard Department and commonly abbreviated in English sources as the Okhrana. A secret-police force of the Russian Empire in the late 19th century and early 20th century. This work includes chapters on their functions, secret collaborators and assistants, agents provocateurs, the Jewish Question, Russian dissenters, Rasputin, Nihilism and Socialism, the Revolution, and more. Written by A. T. Vassilyev, a Russian writer and historian. With an introduction by René Fülöp-Miller, an Austrian cultural historian and writer.