The KGB and the Vatican : Secrets of the Mitrokhin Files /

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"The KGB archivist and defector Vasili Nikitivich Mitrokhin created voluminous transcriptions and summaries of KGB records that span almost 20 years. These transcriptions contain, among other details, a limited but interesting account of KGB activities directed against the Holy See from the ear...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitrokhin, Vasili, 1922-2004 (Author)
Other Authors: Brennan, Sean (Sean Philip), 1979- (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Ruso
Published: Washington, DC : The Catholic Education Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Soviet Union. > Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti.
Catholic Church.
Soviet Union. > Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti > History.
Catholic Church > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
International relations.
Intelligence service.
Diplomatic relations.
Communism and religion.
Catholic Church and world politics.
Cold War.
Intelligence service > Soviet Union > History.
Vatican City.
Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > 1945-1991.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Vatican City.
Vatican City > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Catholic Church.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"The KGB archivist and defector Vasili Nikitivich Mitrokhin created voluminous transcriptions and summaries of KGB records that span almost 20 years. These transcriptions contain, among other details, a limited but interesting account of KGB activities directed against the Holy See from the early 1960s to the early 1980s, at a time when the Vatican was attempting to reach out to Communist governments in Eastern Europe. This book is a translation of those passages in the Mitrokhin Archive related to the Holy See. This original text is preceded by a three-part introduction covering: who was Vasili Mitrokhin and how were his files created and smuggled to the United Kingdom; the historical background of the relationship between the Soviet regime and the Vatican, leading up to and including the period discussed in Mitrokhin's record; and finally, a summary of the Mitrokhin Archive's revelations regarding the KGB's efforts against the Vatican, both independently and in coordination with political police forces in the satellite regimes in Eastern Europe"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (114 pages).
ISBN:9781949822236

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