Soviet State Security Services 1917–46 - Couverture souple

Drabik, Douglas A.; Israel, Dr Douglas H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1472844084 ISBN 13 : 9781472844088

Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

The Bolsheviks' seizure of power in Russia in late 1917 was swiftly followed by the establishment of the Cheka, the secret police of the new Soviet state.

The Cheka was central to the Bolsheviks' elimination of political dissent during the Russian Civil War (1917-22). In 1922 the Soviet state-security organs became the GPU and then the OGPU (1923-34) before coalescing into the NKVD.

After it played a central role in the Great Terror (1936-38), which saw the widespread repression of many different groups and the imprisonment and execution of prominent figures, the NKVD had its heyday during the Great Patriotic War (1941-45). During the conflict the organization deployed full military divisions, frontier troop units and internal security forces and ran the hated GULAG forced-labour camp system. By 1946, the power of the NKVD was so great that even Stalin saw it as a threat and it was broken up into multiple organizations, notably the MVD and the MGB - the forerunners of the KGB.

In this book, the history and organization of these feared organizations are assessed, accompanied by photographs and colour artwork depicting their evolving appearance.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Douglas A. Drabik is the author of books and articles on Soviet uniforms of World War II. Battlefield archaeology and collecting Soviet-era militaria are among his interests.

Douglas H. Israel is a recently retired medical practitioner. He is the co-author of Soviet State Security Services 1917-46.

Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani, and Édouard Detaille.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Osprey Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472844084
• ISBN 13: 9781472844088
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Shumate Johnny
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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