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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Stalin's instruments of terror

Product details

ISBN
9781862273504
Published
2004-08-31
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Weight
750 gr
Height
240 mm
Width
189 mm
Thickness
10 mm
Age
00, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
96

Author

Biographical note

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.