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1 online resource (266 pages) : maps |
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Russian intelligence services ; v. 1 |
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A history of Russian intelligence ; v. 1 |
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History of Russian intelligence ; v. 1.
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| Contents |
Foreword: "In Pursuit of My Lord's Quest ."; Chapter I. AT THE SOURCES; 1. A Commotion on the Rhine, or How the Russians Alarmed Europe for the First Time; 2. Strange Customs of the Arsanians; 3. A Ballad to the Intelligence Services of the Prophetic Oleg; 4. Intelligence Among Slavs and Russians According to Early Medieval Authors; 5. A Woman Saves the City; 6. How a Lad, together with Voivode Pretich, Saved Kiev, or Disinformation as a Factor in Victory; Chapter II. UNEQUAL COMPETITION: SVYATOSLAV'S INTELLIGENCE AGAINST BYZANTIUM AND ITS ALLIES |
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1. The First Balkan Campaign. Voivode Volk2. Calokir's Scheme and Svyatoslav's New Plans. War with Byzantium; 3. Intelligence Among the Byzantines and Russians; 4. Defeat at Arkadiopolis; 5. Svyatoslav's Agents at the Greek Camp. Tzimisces Crosses the Rhodope Mountains; 6. The Collapse of the Russian and Bulgarian Union; 7. "The Storm Was Raging, the Rain Was Heavy." The Night Raid July 28, 971; 8. Ikmor's Death. Sacrifice to Perun; 9. Byzantine Ears at Svyatoslav's War Council. Investigation and Castigation; 10. The Last Battle. The Dorostol Peace |
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11. A Landscape with Oarsmen and Horsemen. Death at the Dnieper Rapids. Whose Fault?12. The Skull Chalice. Valediction to the Great Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich; Chapter III. THE SECRET WARS OF PRINCE VLADIMIR'S TIMES; 1. A Hunting Accident and the Beginning of the Power Struggle among Svyatoslav's Heirs (the Svyatoslavichi); 2. A Tale about the First Renegade; 3. Vladimir's War March on Korsun; 4. Anastasius' Story in the Chronicles; 5. Anastasius. A Quick Portrait; 6. Zhdebern; 7. Anastasius's Star, or the First Agent Who Defected to the West; 8. Russian Strategic Intelligence in the South |
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9. Folk Wits10. Vladimir's Domestic Law-and-Order Philosophy; Chapter IV. EPIC HEROES; 1. History and the Heroic Epics; 2. Ilya Muromets and his Friends. "Heroic Outposts"; 3. An Epic Picture of Ilya Muromets; 4. Dounai; 5. Dobrynia Nikitich; 6. Alesha Popovich; 7. The Case of the Stolen Silver Chalice; 8. Dobrynia and Marinka; 9. The Vicissitudes of Service (Intrigues, Conflicts, Dungeons, etc.); 10. Epos and History. Who of the Heroes Served or Could Have Served Vladimir Svyatoslavich?; 11. Russian Secret Services under Vladimir. A Summary |
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Chapter V. SVYATOPOLK, SON OF YAROPOLK, AND VLADIMIR'S HEIRS1. Son or Stepson?; 2. The Shadow of Yaropolk; 3. Fortune Smiles on Svyatopolk; 4. "Poutsha's Lads"; 5. Two Varangians; 6. Crimson Dawns; 7. How Yaroslav the Wise Came Close to Becoming Yaroslav the Daft; 8. Svyatopolk's Return. An Interpretation of the "Eimund Yarn"; 9. Svyatopolk's Return in the Chronicles. Battle at Volhyn'; 10. Svyatopolk's End. A Version of the "Eimund Yarn"; 11. "Between the Czechs and the Liakhs." The Russian Version; ADDENDUM. THE FIRST PRESERVED REPORT FROM A RUSSIAN AGENT; Bibliography (in English) |
| Summary |
Russia's tumultuous early history is unearthed with a view to deciphering the strategies and stratagems that prevailed. Written by best-selling Russian author Vladimir Plougin, a professor at Moscow State University, the stories are drawn from ancient chr |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Intelligence service -- Russia -- History
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Intelligence service -- Soviet Union -- History
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Intelligence service -- Russia (Federation) -- History
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Intelligence service
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Russia
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Russia (Federation)
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bashkov, Gennady
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Secara, Claudiu A
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| LC no. |
00010746 |
| ISBN |
9781892941251 |
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1892941252 |
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0875861490 |
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9780875861494 |
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1280346477 |
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9781280346477 |
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9786610346479 |
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661034647X |
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