The Tsarist Secret Police Abroad : Policing Europe in a Modernising World

This book describes how in 1883, the Russian police established the Foreign Agentura in Paris. The bureau's brief: to forewarn Tsardom of terrorist plans and, if possible, to defuse acts of terrorism against high personages by revolutionaries operating under European sanctuary. As the revolutionary emigration expanded, the Foreign Agentura reacted by spreading its tentacles across Europe and England. With the help of their European colleagues, the Tsar's agents tackled and drove back this terrorist force, proving themselves invaluable in the evolution of political policing. Turmoil, Emigres And The Development Of Political Policing In Western Europe -- Europe In Turmoil: Protest, Violence And Maintaining Order In A Changing World -- Emigre Lives: The Russian Revolutionary Abroad -- Brothers In Arms? The Beginnings Of International Police Co-operation And The Russian Revolutionary Emigration -- The Foreign Agentura: The Russian Secret Police Abroad -- The Russian Secret Police Abroad: The Early Years -- Bureaucrats And Case Officers: The Sinews Of The Paris Office -- Europeans And Russians In The Service Of The Tsarist Secret Police: The Detectives And Undercover Agents In Exile -- P.i. Rachkovskii: Adventure, Intrigue And The Foreign Agentura, 1884-1902 -- Alignments And Alliances: L.a. Rataev And A.m. Harting, 1902-1905 -- The 1905 Revolution And The Foreign Agentura: Harting's Campaign Against Munitions Contraband, 1905-1908 -- A.a. Krasil'nikov And The Reshaping Of The Foreign Agentura: Aspects Of The Problems Of Political Police Reform, 1909-1914 -- A Revolutionary Strikes Back: Vladimir Burtsev Against The Tsarist Secret Police, 1907-1914 -- The Foreign Agentura's Undercover Agents--personal Data -- The Foreign Agentura's Undercover Agents--professional Information. Fredric S. Zuckerman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 258-269) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Europe in Turmoil: Protest, Violence and Maintaining Order in a Changing World....Pages 3-28 Émigré Lives: the Russian Revolutionary Abroad....Pages 29-55 Brothers in Arms? The Beginnings of International Police Co-operation and the Russian Revolutionary Emigration....Pages 56-70 Front Matter....Pages 71-71 The Russian Secret Police Abroad: the Early Years....Pages 73-86 Bureaucrats and Case Officers: the Sinews of the Paris Office....Pages 87-101 Europeans and Russians in the Service of the Tsarist Secret Police: the Detectives and Undercover Agents in Exile....Pages 102-123 P. I. Rachkovskii: Adventure, Intrigue and the Foreign Agentura, 1884–1902....Pages 124-150 Alignments and Alliances: L. A. Rataev and A. M. Harting, 1902–1905....Pages 151-165 The 1905 Revolution and the Foreign Agentura: Harting’s Campaign Against Munitions Contraband, 1905–1908....Pages 166-177 A. A. Krasil’nikov and the Reshaping of the Foreign Agentura: Aspects of the Problems of Political Police Reform, 1909–1914....Pages 178-192 A Revolutionary Strikes Back: Vladimir Burtsev Against the Tsarist Secret Police, 1907–1914....Pages 193-211 Conclusion and Epilogue....Pages 212-222 Back Matter....Pages 223-277 In 1883, the Russian police established the Foreign Agentura in Paris. The bureau's brief: to forewarn Tsardom of terrorist plans and, if possible, to defuse acts of terrorism against high personages by revolutionaries operating under European sanctuary. As the revolutionary emigration expanded, the Foreign Agentura reacted by spreading its tentacles across Europe and England. With the help of their European colleagues, the Tsar's agents tackled and drove back this terrorist force, proving themslves invaluable in the evolution of political policing. The bitter struggle between the Foreign Agentura and the revolutionary emigration emphasised Russia's central and indespensable place in the evolution of political policing in industrial societies. Indeed, the Russian struggle to devlop a united European and American front against terrorism, laid the groundwork for Interpol and, in doing so, confronted many of the same issues still plaguing the war against terrorism today Annotation In 1883, the Russian police established the Foreign Agentura in Paris. The bureau's brief: to forewarn Tsardom of terrorist plans and, if possible, to defuse acts of terrorism against high personages by revolutionaries operating under European sanctuary. As the revolutionary emigration expanded, the Foreign Agentura reacted by spreading its tentacles across Europe and England. With the help of their European colleagues, the Tsar's agents tackled and drove back this terrorist force, proving themselves invaluable in the evolution of political policing This title explores the secret work of those responsible for protecting the royal family of Russia during the 19th centruy and reveals the role of the tsarist police abroad and its collaboration with European forces 'This is an important work of original scholarship.' - Charles King, Georgetown University, USA