Fontanka 16

by Charles A. Ruud and Sergei A. Stepanov

Book Overview

From police headquarters at Fontanka 16 to the secret offices in major Russian post offices where specialists opened and read correspondence, the Okhranka blanketed the huge Russian empire with a network of secret agents and informers. In many cases they were involved in a desperate effort to track down terrorists before they could assassinate government officials and members of the imperial family. Charles Ruud and Sergei Stepanov have mined police...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773524843
• ISBN13: 9780773524842
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 8.9"