RT Book T1 Stalin and the Lubianka: a documentary history of the political police and security organs in the Soviet Union, 1922-1953 T2 Annals of communism A1 Shearer, David R. 1952- A1 Chaustov, Vladimir Nikolaevič 1948- LA English PP New Haven London PB Yale University Press YR 2015 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1613949936 AB "This fascinating documentary history is the first English-language exploration of Joseph Stalin's relationship with, and manipulation of, the Soviet political police. The story follows the changing functions, organization, and fortunes of the political police and security organs from the early 1920s until Stalin's death in 1953, and it provides documented detail about how Stalin used these organs to achieve and maintain undisputed power. Although written as a narrative, it includes translations of more than 170 documents from Soviet archives"-- NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN HV8224 SN 9780300171891 SN 0300171897 K1 Stalin, Joseph : 1878-1953 : Influence K1 Stalin, Joseph 1879-1953 : Influence : Stalin, Joseph 1879-1953 K1 Lubi︠a︡nka (Prison : Moscow, Russia) : History K1 Lubi︠a︡nka (Prison : Moscow, Russia) : History : Lubi︠a︡nka (Prison : Moscow, Russia) : 1917 - 1953 K1 Internal Security : Soviet Union : History K1 Police : Soviet Union : History : Sources K1 Political prisoners : Soviet Union : History K1 Police : Soviet Union : History K1 Power (Social sciences) : Soviet Union : History K1 Social Control : Soviet Union : History K1 Police : History : Soviet Union K1 Police : Sources : History : Soviet Union K1 Internal Security : History : Soviet Union K1 Political prisoners : History : Soviet Union K1 Power (Social sciences) : History : Soviet Union K1 Social Control : History : Soviet Union K1 History : Russia & the Former Soviet Union : Europe K1 History : Modern : 20th Century K1 Political Science : Political Ideologies : Communism & Socialism K1 Soviet Union : Politics and government : 1917-1936 K1 Soviet Union : Politics and government : 1936-1953 K1 Soviet Union : Politics and government : 1936-1953 : Soviet Union : History : Sources K1 Quelle K1 Sowjetunion : Lubjanka : Sowjetunion : Narodnyj Komissariat Vnutrennich Del : Politische Polizei : Geschichte 1922-1946 K1 Sowjetunion : Ministerstvo Vnutrennich Del