This book combines social and institutional histories of Russia, focusing on the secret police and their evolving relationship with the peasantry. Based on an analysis of Cheka/OGPU reports, it argues that the police did not initially respond to peasant resistance to Bolshevik demands simply with the gun rather, they listened to peasant voices."
This book combines social and institutional histories of Russia, focusing on the secret police and their evolving relationship with the peasantry. Bas...
