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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Strazhi Kremlia: Ot "Okhranki" di 9-go Upravleniia KGB
[ Strazhi Kremlia: Ot "Okhranki" di 9-go Upravleniia KGB]
Watchdogs of Terror: Russian Bodyguards From the Tsars to the Commissars Transl. from English by O.I. Lapikova, O.B. Lisitsyna, Iu.N. Maslov, L.V. Romanov
Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf, 2000 414 p. [16 ill.] Serie: Sekretnaia Papka Hardcover. 13 x 20 cm ISBN: 522700630X Language: Russian
This is a book on the history of security services in Russia with a stress on body guards: from Ivan the Terrible to Leonid Brezhnev. Petr Deriabin, a former KGB officer, defected in the 1970s. His book, first published in English, focuses on the training, functions and role of these watchdogs of Russian rulers. Appendices (pp. 278-413) include a description of the General Department of Security, its personnel, organizational structure and motivation, benefits, etc.
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