Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence / Robert W. Pringle.
Series: Historical dictionaries of intelligence and counterintelligencePublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2017Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (604 entries) ; digital filesContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781786844026
- 9781442253186
- Intelligence service -- Russia -- Encyclopedias
- Military intelligence -- Russia -- Encyclopedias
- Spies -- Russia -- Biography -- Encyclopedias
- Intelligence service -- Soviet Union -- Encyclopedias
- Military intelligence -- Soviet Union -- Encyclopedias
- Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography -- Encyclopedias
- Intelligence service -- Russia (Federation) -- Encyclopedias
- Military intelligence -- Russia (Federation) -- Encyclopedias
- Spies -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography -- Encyclopedias
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- UB252.R8 P75 2015
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Ebook | NMC Library | Credo Reference | Online | UB252.R8 P75 2015 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available online - NMC Login required | 518699 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-420).
Entries A-Z -- The evolution of Soviet State Security -- KGB Chairs, 1917–1991 -- Russian foreign intelligence organizations, 1920– -- Chiefs of Soviet and Russian Foreign Intelligence, 1920– -- Russian Security Services, 1991– -- Heads of Military Intelligence (GRU), 1918– -- Venona code names and encryption -- Loss of life in the Stalin Era -- Agents and programs betrayed by Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, and Edward Lee Howard -- Maskirovka: deception on nuclear weapons programs -- Bibliography -- About the author.
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.