Vladimir Plougin ; translated by Gennady Baskov ; edited by Claudiu A. Secara.
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New York :
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Algora Pub.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (266 pages) :
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SERIES
Series Title
A history of Russian intelligence ;
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Russian intelligence services ;
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v. 1
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v. 1
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Foreword: "In Pursuit of My Lord's Quest ."; Chapter I. AT THE SOURCES; 1. A Commotion on the Rhine, or How the Russians Alarmed Europe for the First Time; 2. Strange Customs of the Arsanians; 3. A Ballad to the Intelligence Services of the Prophetic Oleg; 4. Intelligence Among Slavs and Russians According to Early Medieval Authors; 5. A Woman Saves the City; 6. How a Lad, together with Voivode Pretich, Saved Kiev, or Disinformation as a Factor in Victory; Chapter II. UNEQUAL COMPETITION: SVYATOSLAV'S INTELLIGENCE AGAINST BYZANTIUM AND ITS ALLIES.
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1. The First Balkan Campaign. Voivode Volk2. Calokir's Scheme and Svyatoslav's New Plans. War with Byzantium; 3. Intelligence Among the Byzantines and Russians; 4. Defeat at Arkadiopolis; 5. Svyatoslav's Agents at the Greek Camp. Tzimisces Crosses the Rhodope Mountains; 6. The Collapse of the Russian and Bulgarian Union; 7. "The Storm Was Raging, the Rain Was Heavy." The Night Raid July 28, 971; 8. Ikmor's Death. Sacrifice to Perun; 9. Byzantine Ears at Svyatoslav's War Council. Investigation and Castigation; 10. The Last Battle. The Dorostol Peace.
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11. A Landscape with Oarsmen and Horsemen. Death at the Dnieper Rapids. Whose Fault?12. The Skull Chalice. Valediction to the Great Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich; Chapter III. THE SECRET WARS OF PRINCE VLADIMIR'S TIMES; 1. A Hunting Accident and the Beginning of the Power Struggle among Svyatoslav's Heirs (the Svyatoslavichi); 2. A Tale about the First Renegade; 3. Vladimir's War March on Korsun; 4. Anastasius' Story in the Chronicles; 5. Anastasius. A Quick Portrait; 6. Zhdebern; 7. Anastasius's Star, or the First Agent Who Defected to the West; 8. Russian Strategic Intelligence in the South.
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9. Folk Wits10. Vladimir's Domestic Law-and-Order Philosophy; Chapter IV. EPIC HEROES; 1. History and the Heroic Epics; 2. Ilya Muromets and his Friends. "Heroic Outposts"; 3. An Epic Picture of Ilya Muromets; 4. Dounai; 5. Dobrynia Nikitich; 6. Alesha Popovich; 7. The Case of the Stolen Silver Chalice; 8. Dobrynia and Marinka; 9. The Vicissitudes of Service (Intrigues, Conflicts, Dungeons, etc.); 10. Epos and History. Who of the Heroes Served or Could Have Served Vladimir Svyatoslavich?; 11. Russian Secret Services under Vladimir. A Summary.
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Chapter V. SVYATOPOLK, SON OF YAROPOLK, AND VLADIMIR'S HEIRS1. Son or Stepson?; 2. The Shadow of Yaropolk; 3. Fortune Smiles on Svyatopolk; 4. "Poutsha's Lads"; 5. Two Varangians; 6. Crimson Dawns; 7. How Yaroslav the Wise Came Close to Becoming Yaroslav the Daft; 8. Svyatopolk's Return. An Interpretation of the "Eimund Yarn"; 9. Svyatopolk's Return in the Chronicles. Battle at Volhyn'; 10. Svyatopolk's End. A Version of the "Eimund Yarn"; 11. "Between the Czechs and the Liakhs." The Russian Version; ADDENDUM. THE FIRST PRESERVED REPORT FROM A RUSSIAN AGENT; Bibliography (in English).
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Russia's tumultuous early history is unearthed with a view to deciphering the strategies and stratagems that prevailed. Written by best-selling Russian author Vladimir Plougin, a professor at Moscow State University, the stories are drawn from ancient chr.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
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Early years.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Intelligence service-- Russia (Federation)-- History.