The Third Department : the establishment and practices of the political police in the Russia of Nicholas I / [by] P.S. Squire

Squire, P. S. (Peter Stansfield) (1920-2009)

1968, 1st edition. London : Cambridge at the University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #425809

Physical description; viii, 272 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, 2 maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-265) and index. Contents; The preliminary phase: 1801-1825 -- The history of the creation of the Third Department -- The history of the creation of the Corps of Gendarmes -- The leading personalities of the Higher Police : in its early years -- The leading personalities of the higher police : after the reorgnaization of 1839 -- The organization and operation of the Higher Police : 1826-1855 -- Conclusion -- Appendices. Benckendorff's "Project for the Organization of a Higher Police" : January 1826 ; Ukaz No. 449 dated 3 July 1826 ; Benckendorff's instructions to an official of the Third Department : January 1827 ; Distribution of Gendarme districts between 1827 and 1836 ; Distribution of Gendarme districts after 1837 ; Report on the activities of the Corps of Gendarmes in 1828 ; Requests and complaints submitted to the Third Department. Subjects; Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia 1796-1855. Nicholas I emperor of Russia. Police Russia. Secret service Russia. Secret service. Police. Intelligence service Soviet Union.

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