Russia: The Missing Years - Secrets of the KGB (volumes I & II)
Duration: 01:46:00 A chilling examination of the secret workings of the Soviet Union's feared secret police, told through a glimpse into the organization's own confidential film archives. The first part, "The Early Years (1917-1933)", shows how the organization's beginnings...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Russian |
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Eastern Light Productions Ltd.
1997
United States |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:58346f8b-a743-46d7-bec9-5bf52962dc97 |
| Summary: | Duration: 01:46:00
A chilling examination of the secret workings of the Soviet Union's feared secret police, told through a glimpse into the organization's own confidential film archives. The first part, "The Early Years (1917-1933)", shows how the organization's beginnings can be traced back to the Cheka - the Extraordinary Commission for Fighting Counterrevolution and Sabotage - founed in 1917 by Felix Dzerzinsky. The Cheka perfected its art of espionage, political assassinations and rigged trials as Bolsheviks consolidated power. The second part, "The Professionals (1934-1953)", shows how during Stalin's rule, the Soviewt secret police became the ultimate tool of control over the country. In the 1930's and the 1940's the KGB - then the NKVD - orchestrated the mass purges and consolidated immense resources and political power to permeate every aspect of Soviet reality. |
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| Published: | 1997 |