NKVD/KGB Activities and its Cooperation with other Secret Services in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1989, II.
NKVD/KGB Activities and its Cooperation with other Secret Services in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1989, II.

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Subject(s): Politics, Recent History (1900 till today), Government/Political systems, Security and defense, History of Communism, Conference Report
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Conference; NKVD; KGB; Secret Service; Central and East Europe; Soviet Union; 20th century; security;
Summary/Abstract: The activity of Soviet security units, particularly State Security known throughout the world under the acronym of KGB, remains one of the most important subjects for 20th century research in Central and Eastern Europe. The functioning and operation of this apparatus, which surpassed the activities of the police in countries with democratic systems several fold, had a significant and direct influence on the shape of the totalitarian framework; the actions of party members of the Communist nomenclature; and the form, methods and extent of the repression of “class enemies” and, in the final instance, upon innocent representatives of various sociopolitical groups.

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