Smersh

Author : Dr. Vadim Birstein
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849546898

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Smersh by Dr. Vadim Birstein Pdf

SMERSH is the award-winning account of the top-secret counterintelligence organisation that dealt with Stalin's enemies from within the shadowy recesses of Soviet government. As James Bond's nemesis in Ian Fleming's novels, SMERSH and its operatives were depicted in exotic duels with 007, rather than fostering the bleak oppression and terror they actually spread in the name of their dictator. Stalin drew a veil of secrecy over SMERSH's operations in 1946, but that did not stop him using it to terrify Red Army dissenters in Leningrad and Moscow, or to abduct and execute suspected spooks - often without cause - across mainland Europe. Formed to mop up Nazi spy rings at the end of the Second World War, SMERSH gained its name from a combination of the Russian words for 'Death to Spies'. Successive Communist governments suppressed traces of Stalin's political hit squad; now Vadim Birstein lays bare the surgical brutality with which it exerted its influence as part of the paranoid regime, both within the Soviet Union and in the wider world. SMERSH was the most mysterious and secret of organisations - this definitive and magisterial history finally reveals truths that lay buried for nearly fifty years.

Author : John Griswold
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781425931001

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Ian Fleming's James Bond by John Griswold Pdf

****Updated and expanded including many illustrations by George Almond. Plus clearer translations of foreign terms. Ian Fleming's James Bond: Annotations and Chronologies for Ian Fleming's Bond Stories officially approved by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd (formerly Glidrose), with a Preface by Andrew Lycett and Forewords by Zoë Watkins, Publishing Manager, Ian Fleming Publications Ltd.; Raymond Benson, author of The James Bond Bedside Companion, six original 007 novels, and numerous non-Bond novels. This book is the result of analysis of each of Fleming's James Bond novels. Within are glossaries of applicable terminology and references with detailed chronologies of events including annotations. Detailed chronologies of events are represented at a day-of-week, month, day, year, and time-of-day level. Glossaries contain translations of foreign terms, annotations, and other information of interest such as detailed information on the origin of Saramanga's name (The Man with the Golden Gun). Maps have been created for many of the novels along with in-depth information concerning specific topics such as, the Moonraker bridge game and the Goldfinger golf game. In many instances, monetary amounts have been converted to their 2001 purchasing power equivalent. Differences found between published versions and the original Fleming manuscripts archived at Indiana University's Lilly Library have been noted.

Author : Mikhail Mondich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Anti-communist movements
ISBN : UOM:39015012908102

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Smersh by Mikhail Mondich Pdf

"Nicola Sinevirsky ... infiltrated SMERSH as an interpreter. Under enormous odds, he survived seven months in SMERSH ... undetected. and then he succeeded in escaping from its clutches and into the United States Zone of Germany. Two years ago ... the NTS [Naraodnno-Trudovoj Sojuz, i.e., National Alliance of Russian Solidarists] newspaper Possev published his diary. And now, for the first time, it is being made available to the American public ..."--P. vii.

Author : A. I. Romanov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Intelligence service
ISBN : UCAL:B4916095

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Nights are Longest There: Smersh from the Inside by A. I. Romanov Pdf

Author : United States. National Labor Relations Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1936 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Labor laws and legislation
ISBN : CORNELL:31924054594597

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Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board by United States. National Labor Relations Board Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Studies in Intelligence by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert W. Stephan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015058084487

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Stalin's Secret War by Robert W. Stephan Pdf

An animated adaptation of the story of the same title by Maurice Sendak in which a small boy makes a visit to the land of the wild things. Tells how he tames the creatures and returns home. For primary grades.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Intelligence service
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132183463

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Studies in Intelligence by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mikhail Mondich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Anti-communist movements
ISBN : IND:32000000631780

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Smersh by Mikhail Mondich Pdf

"Nicola Sinevirsky ... infiltrated SMERSH as an interpreter. Under enormous odds, he survived seven months in SMERSH ... undetected. and then he succeeded in escaping from its clutches and into the United States Zone of Germany. Two years ago ... the NTS [Naraodnno-Trudovoj Sojuz, i.e., National Alliance of Russian Solidarists] newspaper Possev published his diary. And now, for the first time, it is being made available to the American public ..."--P. vii.

Author : Michael Parrish
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1996-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313022203

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The Lesser Terror by Michael Parrish Pdf

This is the first major study based on Soviet documents and revelations of the Soviet state security during the period 1939-1953—a period about which relatively little is known. The book documents the role of Stalin and the major players in massive crimes carried out during this period against the Soviet people. It also provides the first detailed biography of V. S. Abakumov, Minister of State Security, 1946-1951. Based on Glasnost revelations and recently released archival material, this study covers the operations of Soviet state security from Beriia's appointment in 1938 until Stalin's death. The book pays particular attention to the career of V. S. Abakumov, head of SMERSH counterintelligence during the war and minister in charge of the MGB (the predecessor of the KGB) from 1946 until his removal and arrest in July 1951. The author argues that terror remained the central feature of Stalin's rule even after the Great Terror and he provides examples of how he micromanaged the repressions. The book catalogs the major crimes committed by the security organs and the leading perpetrators and provides evidence that the crimes were similar to those for which the Nazi leaders were punished after the war. Subjects covered include Katyn and its aftermath, the arrest and execution of senior military officers, the killing of political prisoners near Orel in September 1941, and the deportations of various nationalities during the war. The post-war period saw the Aviator and Leningrad affairs as well as the anti-cosmopolitan campaign whose target was mainly Jewish intellectuals. Later chapters cover Abakumov's downfall, the hatching of the Mingrelian and Doctors plots and the events that followed Stalin's death. Finally, there are chapters on the fate of those who ran Stalin's machinery of terror in the last 13 years of his rule. These and other topics will be of concern to all students and scholars of Soviet history and those interested in secret police and intelligence operations.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1356 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D02196717B

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Reports and Documents by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Estados Unidos. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1438 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Communism
ISBN : UCM:5321432120

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Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session. 1960 by Estados Unidos. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Communism
ISBN : OSU:32435023468333

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The Soviet Union, from Lenin to Khrushchev by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities Pdf

Author : Robert W. Pringle
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442253186

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Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence by Robert W. Pringle Pdf

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence is the only volume that lays out how Russian and Soviet intelligence works and how its operations have impacted Russian history. It covers Russian intelligence from the imperial period to the present focusing in greatest detail on Cold War espionage cases and the Putin-era intelligence community. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on espionage techniques, categories of agents, crucial operations spies, defectors, moles, and double and triple agents. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Russian Intelligence.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Communism
ISBN : IND:30000112692995

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Facts on Communism by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities Pdf