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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Moscow: Eksmo, Algoritm, 2004 607 p Serie: Istoriia Rossii. Sovremennyi Vzgliad Hardcover. 12.5 x 20 cm ISBN: 5699058923 Language: Russian
This is the second volumes about the transformation of the KGB in the post-soviet period and about its successors. The KGB changed its name, but survived and became even more powerful after this mutation. The author, a former top ranking KGB officer with 20 years of service, has first hand knowledge of what contribution young liberal reformers under El`tsin`s authority made to the main intelligence service of Russia, the guarantor of national security and territorial integrity. The first volume covered 1991-1993. This second volume is a chronicle of the main events around the KGB in 1994-1995, description of the key figures and their roles in the revival of the main institution of the post-soviet social system. Biographical essays on KGB officials, bibliography, comments.