Особый отдел империи : история заграничной агентуры российских спецслужб

This is a book about the pre-revolutionary political secret police, known as the Third Department, and its operations and agents abroad during the 19th-early 20th centuries. A. Borisov, a historian and journalist, reveals many interesting facts, including the cooperation of Aleksandr Gertsen with a Russian secret agent, support of the Bolshevik newspaper "Pravda" by the Russian intelligence service, "Okhranka", etc. One chapter includes documents about the organization of the Third Department, its reports and correspondence. A.n. Borisov. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 476-[478]).