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100			_aGoodman, Michael E.
245			_aThe KGB and other Russian spies / _cMichael E. Goodman
260			_aIndia _bJaico Publishing House _c2013
300			_a84 p.
365			_aINR _b199.00.
440			_aSpies around the World series.
500			_aRussia, the world’s largest country in total area, remains one of the most unknowable. Russian intelligence agencies play a major role in protecting their country and their espionage missions from the eyes of outsiders. In 1565, The ruthless Russian Tsar Ivan the terrible created a 6, 000-member security force called the oprichnina. Officers of the oprichnina dressed all in black and rode black horses. They terrorized the Russian people, killing thousands whom they blamed for made-up acts of treason. Many rulers after Ivan also created their own security forces to spy on Russians at home or living outside the country. The Russian security forces of the 20th and 21st centuries at different times as the Cheka, NKVD, KGB, and SVR—have added to a long tradition of power, fear, and secrecy that began more than 400 years ago. Read all about these formidable Russian intelligence agencies, their spy networks, and their surveillance operations around the world.
650			_aYoung Learners
650			_aSpies
650			_aSoviet Union
650			_aEspionage, Soviet
650			_aIntelligence service
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