The Okhrana: Security Policing in Late Imperial Russia

Citation

Lauchlan I (2005) The Okhrana: Security Policing in Late Imperial Russia. In: Thatcher I (ed.) Late Imperial Russia: Problems and Prospects. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 44-63. http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogue/book.asp?id=1043

Abstract
This is a study of the security police in late imperial Russia, analysing its successes and failures, its reputation, efficiency, evolution and role in the origins of the Russian revolution.

Keywords
Russian Revolution; Security Police; Internal security Russia History; Russia Department politsii; Secret service Russia St. Petersburg History; Russia History Nicholas II, 1894-1917

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