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The foe within : fantasies of treason and the end of Imperial Russia /

In the early morning of March 19, 1915, Lt. Colonel S. N. Miasoedov, a former gendarme officer on active duty with the Russian army in World War I, was hanged after a two-hour trial in Warsaw for treason. Although he was innocent of this charge, Miasoedov's hasty execution, set against the army...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fuller, William C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a hanging in Warsaw
  • Verzhbolovo
  • Kiev
  • St. Petersburg
  • Realignments and betrayals
  • The first phase of the war
  • The roots of spy mania
  • The great retreat
  • Revolution and final act : the case against V.A. Sukhomlinov
  • Conclusion : patriots and traitors.