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The Lesser Terror: Soviet State Security, 1939-1953
The Lesser Terror Soviet State Security 19391953 Author:Michael Parrish This is the first major study based on Soviet documents and revelations of the Soviet state security during the period 1939-1953--a period about which relatively little is known. The book documents the role of Stalin and the major players in massive crimes carried out during this period against the Soviet people. It also provides the first detai... more »led biography of V. S. Abakumov, Minister of State Security, 1946-1951.« less