Modernizaton of terror: the transformation of Stalin's NKVD, 1934-1941

The All Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage (Cheka), founded in 1917 and successively renamed the GPU, OGPU, and NKVD, chiefs of state security Genryk Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov, and Lavrenty Beria, and transition from "Leninist believers" to "St...

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Published inInternational journal of intelligence and counterintelligence Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 113 - 123
Main Author Pringle, Robert W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.2004
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Beria, Laverenti Pavlovich, 1899-1953
Communist party (Soviet Union)
Communist party purges
Government and politics
Internal security
Political crimes and offenses
Political purges
Secret service
Soviet Union
Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich, 1879-1953
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Summary:The All Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage (Cheka), founded in 1917 and successively renamed the GPU, OGPU, and NKVD, chiefs of state security Genryk Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov, and Lavrenty Beria, and transition from "Leninist believers" to "Stalinist technicians of terror".
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ISSN:0885-0607
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