The Ochrana: The Russian Secret Police
By A. T. Vassilyev and Rene Fulop-Miller
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The book tells of the part he played in Rasputin’s death and his experiences during WWI and the Revolutions, and the comparison between the Okhrana and the Cheka, the Soviet secret police, in which he describes a kinder, gentler Okhrana.
Richly illustrated throughout.
A. T. Vassilyev
ALEKSEI TIKHONOVICH VASSILYEV (1869-1930) was the last Tsarist chief of police, Okhrana. RENÉ FÜLÖP-MILLER, born Philip Müller (17 February 1891 - 17 May 1963) was an Austrian cultural historian and writer. He was born to an Alsatian immigrant and a Serbian mother in Caransebeş (then the Austro-Hungarian Empire). During his career as a journalist and editor he resided in various places such as Vienna, Paris, Lausanne, Budapest, Moscow, London, Los Angeles and New York. His published works include Rasputin: The Holy Devil (1927), The Mind and Face of Bolshevism: An Examination of Cultural Life in Soviet Russia (1927), The Russian Theatre: Its Character and History with Special Reference to the Revolutionary Period (1927) and Lenin and Gandhi (1927) He died in Hanover, New Hampshire aged 72.
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