The Ochrana
Author: A. T. Vassilyev
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2017-06-28
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 1787205126
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Originally published in 1930, these are the memoirs of the last Tsarist chief of police, Okhrana, who was arrested by the revolutionaries, refused to be a Bolshevik spy, escaped to France, became a railway porter and died penniless. The book tells of the part he played in Rasputin’s death and his experiences during WWI and the Revolutions, and the comparison between the Okhrana and the Cheka, the Soviet secret police, in which he describes a kinder, gentler Okhrana. Richly illustrated throughout.