Russian Secret Police Pt. 7 The KGB: Spycraft

Russian Secret Police Pt. 6 The KGB: Khrushchev’s Rise

Many if not most people have heard of the KGB. Their spy craft is legendary and their presence was menacing. To Americans, they were the illusive boogeymen in the shadows of Cold War events. They're probably the most recognizable Russian spy agency and I’d bet money they’re the most infamous spy agency in history, ever. In Part 6, we are covering Nikita Khrushchev's steady rise to power and ultimate succession of Joseph Stalin, but Khrushchev took a very different path and actively reversed Stalin's repressive policies to some degree. Over the next few weeks, we will cover, in smaller episodes, the history and methods of the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, the KGB.   Thank you for listening!   *** support *** patreon.com/secretpolicepodcast or secretpolicepodcast.com   *** socials *** Twitter @hush_popo IG @secretpolicepodcast   Sources: The Russian Secret Police by Ronald Hingley   Nikita Khrushchev – The Man Behind the Missile Crisis. Biographics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjGLD8bx7Qo&ab_channel=Biographics    Nikita Khrushchev. Spartacus Educational. https://spartacus-educational.com/RUSkhrushchev.htm    Taubman, William (2003), Khrushchev: The Man and His Era, W.W. Norton & Co., ISBN 978-0-393-32484-6   Khrushchev, Nikita (2004), Khrushchev, Sergei (ed.), Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev, Volume 1: Commissar, The Pennsylvania State University Press, ISBN 978-0-271-02332-8   Khrushchev, Nikita (2006), Khrushchev, Sergei (ed.), Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev, Volume 2: Reformer, The Pennsylvania State University Press, ISBN 978-0-271-02861-3   Khrushchev, Nikita (2007), Khrushchev, Sergei (ed.), Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev, Volume 3: Statesman, The Pennsylvania State University Press, ISBN 978-0-271-02935-1   The Structure of KGB - Cold War DOCUMENTARY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeZZYRaGUXQ&t=471s&ab_channel=TheColdWar    1963 Fletcher Markle Interviews Walt Disney. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nMrLcmBCuI&ab_channel=onstageDisney   How KGB spies were trained | Jack Barsky and Lex Fridman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4oRBsGW_Tc&ab_channel=LexClips    Why People Betray Their Countries, According to an Israeli Expert. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2020-09-20/ty-article-magazine/.premium/why-whistleblowers-betray-their-countries-according-to-an-israeli-expert/0000017f-dc31-df62-a9ff-dcf752540000    Secrets Of War, The Cold War 05 Inside The KGB. h

George Orwell’s Thought Police

Bonus Episode! George Orwell's famous novel, 1984, can be interpreted in multiple ways by people of varying political identities. They can offer the story as a warning as to why the other side, in their view is dangerous. When the book was published, some viewed it as a warning of what England would turn into if a Stalinist regime took power; others interpreted it as a condemnation of Stalin's Soviet Union; and in recent years, the novel is seen as a warning against totalitarianism. I think at the core of the novel, that's what it is: a warning against giving all power to a single ruler.  1984 presents a regime to end all regimes. Big Brother and INGSOC have a stranglehold over the society, language, and privacy that I don't think any real world authoritarian regime has achieved. Secret Police podcast is taking its first look at a fictional secret police institution, the terrifying, but thankfully made-up, Thought Police. We will look at the Telescreens, Thoughtcrime, and the regime of Big Brother.  Follow Secret Police Podcast! Twitter @hush_popo or Instagram @secretpolicepodcast Sources 1984 by George Orwell George Orwell: A Life in Pictures. BBC. 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6txpumkY5I  George Orwell: The Uncompromising Visionary. Biographics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfabA0KdniY&ab_channel=Biographics  The Dystopian World of 1984 Explained. AlternateHistoryHub.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQxOKXEff4I&ab_channel=AlternateHistoryHub  Video SparkNotes: Orwell's 1984 Summary. VideoSparkNotes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9JIKngJnCU&t=13s&ab_channel=VideoSparkNotes  1984 Video Summary. GradeSaver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1kXkGjoluY&ab_channel=GradeSaver  Music Scorching Action by Jon Presstone Tension in the Dark by Jon Presstone Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP Giant Wyrm by Kevin MacLeod

Russian Secret Police Pt. 5 Beria’s NKVD

Imagine a state apparatus of terror; they monitor citizens, they kidnap people in the middle of the night, they torture people to extract false confessions. Now imagine that same state apparatus of terror is run by a murderous pedophile. That was the Soviet people's reality with appointment of Lavrenti Beria to the dreaded People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs or the NKVD, the Soviet secret police. Please leave us a rating, or a review if you're feeling really generous. Follow Secret Police! Twitter @hush_popo Instagram @secretpolicepodcast Sources Beria - The NKVD & Death of Stalin Documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0bnt7hYmDY&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hwiZixdKcerUzA777jS27Ml&index=3&t=1927s  Lavrenti Beria Biography https://spartacus-educational.com/RUSberia.htm Richard Sorge. https://spartacus-educational.com/GERsorge.htm On Stalin's Secret Service - Richard Sorge - WW2 Biography Special. World War Two. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn9NyRfbSOo&ab_channel=WorldWarTwo  Stalin and Trotsky rivalry https://www.rbth.com/history/333272-how-stalin-and-trotsky-fought Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Russia: The Wild East by Martin Sixsmith and the BBC.  Flowers in Russia: What You Need to Know by Matt Shannon. 2021. https://expatriant.com/flowers-in-russia/   The Finnish Language. LangFocus. 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-uWYvlyeBc&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hwiZixdKcerUzA777jS27Ml&index=5&t=316s  Winter War - Soviet Finnish 1939-1940 War - FULL 3d DOCUMENTARY. Kings and Generals. 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uk5bY22RSE&t=2448s  US Census. Quick Facts. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045221 The investigation of the dead or lost Finnish stages of Stalin's persecution will continue – SKS also finds out what traces of persecution left on the victims' descendants. Pekka Torvinen. https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000007766248.html China and International Law -- The Boundary Disputes by Byron N. Tzou. 1990. The end of "Millionka": the liquidation of Chinatown in Vladivostok (1936). Russia and the Pacific (in Russian). Vladivostok: Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (4): 24–31. A Historical Investigation of the Soviet Union's Handling of the Chinese Issue in the Far East (1937-1938)]. Modern Chinese History Studies (in Simplified Chinese). Beijing: Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (2): 41. Khisamutdinov, Amir Aleksandrovich (2018). "Millionka": a culture that grew up in the backyard. The Origins of Soviet Ethnic Cleansing by Martin Terry. 1998. Journal of Modern History.  L'Affaire Lyushkov: Anatomy of a Defector by Alvin D Coox. 1968. Why didn't the Allies declare war on the USSR when they invaded Poland? Knowledgia.