Autocracy under siege
Subtitle: security police and opposition in Russia, 1866-1905
By: Jonathan W. Daly.
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: DeKalb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Secret service -- Russia.; Police -- Russia.; Internal security -- Russia.
Description: Autocracy under Siege examines the role of the security service in the titanic struggle between the regime and those dedicated to the defeat of monarchical absolutism. From the first terrorist attempt on the life of a Russian emperor in 1866 through the seismic upheaval of 1905, Daly traces the reaction, expansion, and evolution of the security police in the face of the increased antigovernment activity that threatened the continued survival of the regime.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-248) and index.