Following the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire, the Confederation of German State banned together by common language. The experience of being occupied by a foreign enemy and seeing their neighbors bleed from revolution inspired the German States' first collective police network.

Along with the police network also came the development of an extensive international spy ring. They aimed to protect Germany's many sovereigns and prevent petty and political crimes. 

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Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics

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Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone

Bones - Quirky and mysterious plucked strings. Murder mystery and gothic mood by Gerardo 

Final Speech by Humans Win

On the Edge of War Jon Presstone

Gnossienne No. 3 by Erik Satie

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From 1956 to 1973, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission enforced segregation from the shadows. The Commission spied on Mississippi residents, American citizens, and promoted segregation across America. The Ku Klux Klan helped.

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Trouble Brews in Mississippi. British Pathe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Fo4AWaXis&ab_channel=BritishPath%C3%A9

Music:

Scorching Action by Jonathan Margrove

Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics

Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by Media Music Group

Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone

Bones - Quirky and mysterious plucked strings. Murder mystery and gothic mood by Gerardo 

Final Speech by Humans Win

Discovery of Lost Worlds by Humans Win

On the Edge of War Jon Presstone

Mississippi Ridin’ Son by Yagull Music

Suspenseful Piano Documentary Music Trailer by Media Music Group

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La Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) was the regime’s iron fist that kidnapped, brutalized, butchered, and disappeared thousands of people inside Chile. Under the guidance of director Manuel Contreras, the DINA also launched terror campaigns in the United States, Europe, and Chile’s neighbors. DINA answered to Pinochet only and in many ways superseded the armed forces.

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The Condor Years: how Pinochet and his allies brought terrorism to three continents. John Dinges. 2004.

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Why is the Atacama Desert called the “Driest Desert in the World”? Tierra Atacama. January 29, 2021. https://tierraatacama.com/journal/why-is-the-atacama-desert-called-the-driest-desert-in-the-world/ 

The world’s ten largest copper mines. Mining Technology. June 18, 2024. https://www.mining-technology.com/marketdata/ten-largest-coppers-mines/?cf-view 

Which countries produce the most copper? World Economic Forum. December 12, 2022. https://www.weforum.org/stories/2022/12/which-countries-produce-the-most-copper/ 

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The San Antonio, Both the Gem and the Rogue of Magellan’s Fleet. John Sailors. Medium. June 19, 2022. https://johnsailors.medium.com/the-san-antonio-both-the-gem-and-the-rogue-of-magellans-fleet-79d8f19f01d4#:~:text=The%20San%20Antonio%20was%20the,a%20price%20of%20330%2C000%20maravedis. 

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Pinochet's German godfather by Wilfried Huismann. March 9, 2023. Tagesschau. https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/wdr/chile-pinochet-diktatur-nazis-rauff-100.html 

The Assassination of Chilean Ambassador Orlando Letelier: The FBI Files | Retold. 

Retold - Documentaries & Reconstructions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnwAGLpuRiY&ab_channel=Retold-Documentaries%26Reconstructions 

In Memoriam, Ronni Moffitt. JewishCurrents. September 21, 2012. https://jewishcurrents.org/september-21-in-memoriam-ronni-moffitt 

Augusto Pinochet. John Simkin. Spartacus Educational. September 1997 (updated January 2020). https://spartacus-educational.com/COLDpinochet.htm 

It became an obsession’: the long search for the remains of Pinochet’s victims.John Bartlett in Calama Mon. September 11, 2023. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/11/long-search-remains-pinochet-victims-chile-coup 

Chile’s 1988 Plebiscite and the End of Pinochet’s Dictatorship. The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. https://adst.org/2014/11/chiles-1988-plebiscite-and-the-end-of-pinochets-dictatorship/ 

Insurers’ response to riots in Chile reflects a broader trend. Juan Pablo Covarrubias V.  October 26, 2021. https://global.lockton.com/gb/en/news-insights/insurers-response-to-riots-in-chile-reflects-a-broader-trend  

Chile: Pinochet Money-Laundering Exposed: U.S. Senate Investigation Uncovers Secret Bank Accounts. Human Rights Watch. March 16, 2005. https://www.hrw.org/news/2005/03/16/chile-pinochet-money-laundering-exposed 

The Complicated Legacy of the “Chicago Boys” in Chile. Daniel Matamala. September 21, 2021. Promarket. https://www.promarket.org/2021/09/12/chicago-boys-chile-friedman-neoliberalism/ 

GOLDSMITH WEIL, Jael. Milk Makes State: The Extension and Implementation of Chile's State Milk Programs, 1901-1971. Historia (Santiago) [online]. 2017, vol.50, n.1 [citado  2025-02-14], pp.79-104.

Lucía Hiriart, Powerful Wife of Chile’sDictator, Dies at 98. John Bartlett. December 19, 2021. New York Times.

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Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics

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Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

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Andante Sostenuto piano solo classical by Raighes Factory

Tension in the Dark by Jon Presstone 

Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory

Bones - Quirky and mysterious plucked strings. Murder mystery and gothic mood by Gerardo Garcia Jr

Shake It and Break It (Weary Blues) by Humans Win

Old Money Old Problems by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

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Disclaimers: scenes are dramatizations and probably didn’t actually happen in that way. For example, Pinochet was not at La Moneda during the coup. The opening scene is not a real scenario involving Carter Cornick.

His deception was a cover for his quest to create wealth for his own fortune and for Belgium at the cost of an estimated many millions of lives. Leopold’s personal property, the Congo Free State, utilized the barbaric services of The Force Publique, a secret police force that terrorized the Congolese people.

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Violence and Colonial Order: Police, Workers and Protest in the European Colonial Empires, 1918–1940 by Martin Thomas. 2012.

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Digital 2024: The Democratic Republic of the Congo by Simon Kemp. February 23, 2024. https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-democratic-republic-of-the-congo#:~:text=The%20DRC's%20internet%20penetration%20rate,January%202023%20and%20January%202024. 

Congo (DRC) Country Profile – Military / Security by by COL L. Bortoluzzi Garcia. Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute. Army War College. September 13, 2020.

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How did Patrice Lumumba die? Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/story/how-did-patrice-lumumba-die 

Music:

Scorching Action by Jonathan Margrove

Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics

Kalahari Wind by Humans Win

Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone

Andante Sostenuto piano solo classical by Raighes Factory

Tension in the Dark by Jon Presstone 

Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory

Bones - Quirky and mysterious plucked strings. Murder mystery and gothic mood by Gerardo Garcia Jr

Shake It and Break It (Weary Blues) by Humans Win

Love of God Cello by SBA

Disclaimers: NO AI was used to write or edit the contents of the show. The opening scene is an excerpt from George Washington Williams' Open Letter to King Leopold II January 15, 2024 changed the opening scene.

The Shah expanded his authority using a violent secret police force called SAVAK. They terrorized the Iranian people and preyed on Iranians abroad. They helped enforced the Shah's rule, even as his White Revolution displaced rural communities and alienated Shia clergy. Decades-long economic exploitation and authoritarian repression ignited a series of phases leading to the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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1979 Iranian Revolution, Explained | Last Persian Shah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXlHxrBJoik&ab_channel=Timeline-WorldHistoryDocumentaries 

Geography Now! Iran. Geography Now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xQM4Zy5zIk&ab_channel=GeographyNow 

Top pistachio producing countries

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Zoroastrianism Explained. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl9QgeHdKYk&ab_channel=Cogito 

Shia-Sunni split:

Shia and Sunni: Understanding different Muslim interpretations

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Muslim Schism: How Islam Split into the Sunni and Shia Branches. Kings & Generals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-85dXjgMiSU&ab_channel=KingsandGenerals 

Muslim Populations

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Fath-Ali Shah’s descendants. Joseph M. Upton, The History of Modern Iran: An Interpretation. Contributors: – Author. Publisher: Harvard University Press. Place of publication: Cambridge, 1960, p.4 

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Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics

Kalahari Wind by Humans Win

Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone

Eye Of The Storm (Feat. Cicely Parnas) - Instrumental Version

Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory

Edit: March 12, 2026 - The thumbnail image for this episode was replaced with another image with two changed in order to amend one historical inaccuracy and to add context. The previous image had the Islamic Republic's flag for a background. The current image has the Persian flag of the regime of which the Shah ruled. The second change is a USA countryball with a thumbs up was placed behind the SAVAK logo to better illustrate American involvement. If you'd like to see the old image, feel free to email me. Thank you!

Who were the Kempeitai?

How did the Kempeitai develop out of Japan’s long military history?

What were the Kempeitai’s connections to both German and Russian secret police?

What was the level of the Kempeitai’s involvement in various atrocities in China? Thank you all for supporting this show!

Sources:

Kempeitai: Japan's Dreaded Military Police by Raymond Lamont-Brown (1998).

What Are The Major Natural Resources Of Japan? By Sophy Owour. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-major-natural-resources-of-japan.html

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Origin of the Samurai | History of Japan 5. Linfamy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6xgz4p2d60&ab_channel=Linfamy

How Europeans Tried to End Japanese Isolation - Colonialism DOCUMENTARY. Kings and Generals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFJRc6jYOaI&ab_channel=KingsandGenerals

Feature History - First Sino-Japanese War. Feature History. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdWY8aWxNL4&t=615s&ab_channel=FeatureHistory

Japanese Invasion of Manchuria | 3 Minute History. Jabzy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_sdkbYWiww&ab_channel=Jabzy

WW2 - Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1941. Eastory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTkRBg2Dwz0&ab_channel=Eastory

THE NANJING MASSACRE - DOCUMENTARY OF THE RAPE OF NANKING. History of China. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CAYFxXBohA&t=2s&ab_channel=HistoryofChina

The Most Disturbing Human Experiment Ever. Wendigoon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRwCNiWuUpQ&ab_channel=Wendigoon

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More on Bushido

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What Japanese history lessons leave out By Mariko Oi. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21226068  

Music:

Scorching Action by Jonathan Margrove

Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics

Kalahari Wind by Humans Win

Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone

Exploring The Possibility by Jon Presstone

Eye Of The Storm (Feat. Cicely Parnas) - Instrumental Version

The story shows a bleak future where the United Kingdom is run by a totalitarian government run by a political party called Norsefire. A masked vigilante known simply as "V" is bent on sparking a revolution, driven by a vendetta against those in the government that subjected him and his country to repression and terror. V orchestrates a series of symbolic attacks, picking off government officials in an effort to inspire resistance. Every Hammond gets caught up in V’s schemes when she’s rescued from Norsefire's secret police, The Fingermen. Thank you for listening!

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V for Vendetta graphic novel by Alan Moore - Thank you to yodaskid on YouTube for reading the entire novel with images. 

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Alan Moore talks - 01 - V For Vendetta. Livestreaming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX7ehbE1vc0&ab_channel=Livestreaming 

Selected bits from V for Vendetta (2006)

Music:

Scorching Action by Jon Presstone

Tension in the Dark by Jon Presstone

Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory

Introitus by Michele Nobler

1 Minute Suspense Cinematic Dark Ambient Riser Build Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

"Hun Dun" - Hard Trap Beat by C.j. Harris

We’re going to find out how Papa Doc got into power. Who led the Tonton Macoute through its years of activity? Why did Papa Doc find it necessary to establish such a brutal institution? And how close was this regime to the US government?

Empires Podcast the Ottomans hosted by Frank:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/empires-podcast-the-ottomans/id1439365965

Sources:

Perspectives in History Podcast. Haitian Revolution (series). 

Real Dictators. Papa Doc (series). Noiser Podcasts. August 2020.

Christopher Columbus: Bad Explorer, Great Conman. Biographics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe9_FAANig8&t=143s&ab_channel=Biographics 

A Tale of Two Islands. Hoser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U67cf6VDhXM&ab_channel=hoser 

State Areas

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Vodou: Haiti's African-Derived Religion. ReligionForBreakfast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofAQYxcHHY&ab_channel=ReligionForBreakfast 

Vodou, Serving the Spirits. Harvard University. The Pluralism Project. 2020. /https://hwpi.harvard.edu/files/pluralism/files/vodou-serving_the_spirits_0.pdf 

The Origins of the Zombie, from Haiti to the U.S. | Monstrum. Storied. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIGmsxBMnjA&ab_channel=Storied 

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Thornton, Russel (1987). American Indian holocaust and survival : a population history since 1492. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8061-2074-4.

Churchill, Ward, A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas, 1492 to the Present, City Lights, 1997, 381 pages, p. 86, ISBN 978-0-87286-323-1

Sheri P. Rosenberg, "Genocide Is a Process, Not an Event," Genocide Studies and Prevention 7, 1 (April 2012): 16–23. © 2012 Genocide Studies and Prevention. doi: 10.3138/gsp.7.1.16

David Moshman (2007) Us and Them: Identity and Genocide, Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 7:2, p. 125, DOI: 10.1080/15283480701326034,

Alexander Laban Hinton, "Critical Genocide Studies," Genocide Studies and Prevention 7, 1 (April 2012): 4–15. © 2012 Genocide Studies and Prevention. doi: 10.3138/gsp.7.1.4, p. 11

Keegan, William F., "Destruction of the Taino" in Archaeology. January/February 1992, pp. 51–56.

Grenke, Arthur. God, greed, and genocide: The Holocaust through the centuries. NewAcademia Publishing, LLC, 2005. pp. 141–143, 200.

Rosenbaum, Alan S. Is the Holocaust unique?: perspectives on comparative genocide. Routledge, 2018. p. 302.

Donald Bloxham, A. Dirk Moses, The Oxford Handbook of Genocide Studies, OXFORD UNIVERSITY press, 2010, p. 310.

Norman M Naimark, Genocide a world history , OXFORD UNIVERSITY press, 2017, p. 39.

Jones, Adam. 2006. Genocide: a comprehensive introduction. London: Routledge. pp. 108–111.

Dr. Mu-Kien Adriana Sang (1999). Dr. Mu-Kien Adriana Sang (ed.). Historia Dominicana: Ayer y Hoy (in Spanish). SUSAETA Ediciones Dominicanas. pp. 78–79, 81.

The Dictator’s Handbook. Bruce Bueno De Mesquita & Alaster Smith. 2011.

The Haitian Revolution. A Documentary History. David Geggus.

Feature History - Haitian Revolution (Parts 1 & 2). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9KbN5EFajk&ab_channel=FeatureHistory 

A Super Quick History of Haiti. Mr History. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-XZLYGlLBA&ab_channel=MrHistory 

Yaws Disease. Cleveland Clinic. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25011-yaws 

FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1958–1960, AMERICAN REPUBLICS, VOLUME V. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v05/d309 

Juang, R. M., & Morrissette, N. (2008). Africa and the Americas : culture, politics, and history : a multidisciplinary encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO.

Secretary of Legation Davis to the Secretary of State. Department of State, Washington, January 12, 1916. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1916/d352#:~:text=Since%201886%E2%80%94when%20General%20Salomon,and%20six%20driven%20from%20office. 

Florida Department of State. Division of Corporations. https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/corporationsearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=ForwardList&searchNameOrder=HEMOCARIBBEAN%203681800&aggregateId=domp-368180-f7bebe83-4e09-4b58-8d66-efad7640d000&searchTerm=HEMMER%20&listNameOrder=HEMOCARE%20L410570 

Transatlantic Slave Trade Data

https://www.un.org/en/observances/decade-people-african-descent/slave-trade#:~:text=For%20over%20400%20years%2C%20more,darkest%20chapters%20in%20human%20history.  

Alan Whicker meets Papa Doc 1969. Chatham43. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMAbmaNHSoM&ab_channel=chatham43 

Sugar cane and milling

Mastering Sugar Cane Cultivation: Easy Steps to Grow and Harvest Sugarcane in Your Home Garden! California Gardening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpnWyB-KLXg&ab_channel=CaliforniaGardening

How Sugar is Made. Factora. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-MJORaNkSQ&t=214s&ab_channel=Factora 

How to Make Best Sugar from Sugar Cane? 龙梅梅Longmeimei. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iqG6VDoRPQ&t=528s&ab_channel=%E9%BE%99%E6%A2%85%E6%A2%85Longmeimei 

Music:

Scorching Action by Jonathan Margrove

Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics

Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod 

The Vastness by Amber Waldron

Kalahari Wind by Humans Win

Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Tension In The Dark by Jon Presstone

Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone

Exploring The Possibility by Jon Presstone

Gnossienne No. 1 by Erik Satie 

Aquarius by Viktor Suvorov: https://www.amazon.com/Aquarium-career-defection-Soviet-military/dp/0241115450  Secret Police IG: https://www.instagram.com/secretpolicepodcast/

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Russian Federation Explained. VanDeGraph. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVoHAyEwhBc&ab_channel=VanDeGraph

Political System and Politics in Russia Documentary. IntroBooks Education.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWVigNrPVpw&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hyEPsA75YIss7EPCL0_vq9C&index=2&ab_channel=IntroBooksEducation

The Day Russian Democracy Died. NFKRZ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9af3KH-k8yc&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hyEPsA75YIss7EPCL0_vq9C&index=1&t=171s&ab_channel=NFKRZ

In Russia's Far East, a Jewish Revival byDavid Holley. 

Yeltsin: A Revolutionary Life by Leon Aron. 2000. 

Yeltsin: A Life by Timothy Colton. 2008

THE TRAGIC STORY OF HOW BORIS YELTSIN LOST TWO FINGERS. MATT REIGLE. Grunge. https://www.grunge.com/806982/the-tragic-story-of-how-boris-yeltsin-lost-two-fingers/

How did one join the Communist Party?*

https://www.quora.com/In-Soviet-Russia-how-did-one-officially-join-the-Communist-Party

*Take Quora with a grain of salt. I also looked at Wikipedia (not a source) but their bit on membership doesn’t have a citation.

‘Never go to bed sober’ - meet the great Russian leaders who abused alcohol by ALEXEY TIMOFEYCHEV. MARCH 13 2018. https://www.rbth.com/history/327805-leaders-who-abused-alcohol

Privatization. Investopedia. Privatization: What It Is, How It Works, Examples. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/privatization.asp#:~:text=Privatization%20describes%20the%20process%20by,goods%20quicker%20and%20more%20efficiently.

Hungarian Privatization. https://www.britannica.com/place/Hungary/Economic-and-social-change

What is a trade sale? https://www.freeagent.com/us/glossary/trade-sale/

Russian Privatization in Perspective with Paulo Zannoni. Yale University. October 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xox1alqQRQ&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hyEPsA75YIss7EPCL0_vq9C&index=5&t=634s&ab_channel=YaleUniversity

 About Paulo Zannoni. https://theorg.com/org/prada-spa/org-chart/paolo-zannoni

What is a voucher? https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/voucher.asp

Economic Indicators:

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

https://fred.stlouisfed.org

Trading Economics

https://tradingeconomics.com/

RUSSIA STARTS ISSUING PRIVATIZATION COUPONS. Margaret Shapiro. October 2, 1992. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/10/02/russia-starts-issuing-privatization-coupons/c515c8a2-66ae-408d-bafe-7dd869b8a844/

Putin’s Story | The Puppet Show Banned In Russia (Kukly NTV 2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmdEiL6Avv0&ab_channel=WaleedHiggins

Curtis, G. E. & Library Of Congress. Federal Research Division. (1998) Russia: A Country Study. Washington, DC: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/97007563/.

Organized Crime and the Russian State. Challenges to US-Russian Cooperation. J. Micheal Waller.

Michael Waller. https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/author/imp_jmichael_waller/

A chain of wars, a chain of crimes, a chain of impunity: Russian wars in Chechnya, Syria and Ukraine. О. Golubev, V. Malykhin, A. Cherkasov. Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre. 2023.

The battle(s) of Grozny1. Ib Faurby, Royal Danish Defence College in co-operation with Märta-Lisa Magnusson, University of Southern Denmark. Baltic Defense Review 2/1999.

Feature History - Chechen Wars (1/2). Feature History. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX-xs9VJ-BI&ab_channel=FeatureHistory

The First Chechen War - Documentary. Caesarius. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUH0TZRT3WA&lc=UgwQnSEvaaUf5n7bIFN4AaABAg&ab_channel=Caesarius

The First Chechen War - Jocko Willink. Global Frontier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpWshgCP6wo&t=9s&ab_channel=GlobalFrontier

Vladimir Putin and Russian Statecraft by Allen Lynch. 2011. Potomac Books. pp. 10–11.

Putin’s Parents. https://www.mtv.com.lb/news/articles/472895/putin_recalls_parents_wwii_ordeal_

*Much of this is written by Vladimir Vladimirovich himself so please take it with a grain of salt

Vladimir Putin - KGB to President... for Life? - Biography. Biographics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZcE45Ap4es&ab_channel=Biographics

Putin's Way (full documentary) | FRONTLINE. Frontline PBS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIgqhU4lkgo&ab_channel=FRONTLINEPBS%7COfficial

History of Vladimir Putin. John Coogan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yo_peHjcKQ&t=47s&ab_channel=JohnCoogan

Did Vladimir Putin Support Anti-Western Terrorists as a Young KGB Officer? CATHERINE BELTON. June 20. 2020. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/20/vladimir-putin-dresden-kgb-330203

Mineral and Raw Materials Resources and the Development Strategy for the Russian Economy by Vladimir Putin. https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/08/putins-thesis-raw-text/212739/

The Russian Federal Security Service under President Putin by Eberhard Schneider.

SVR/FSB application process. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/10/02/how-to-become-a-russian-spy-a40036

Russian DKRO

https://www.wsj.com/articles/fsb-evan-gershkovich-russia-security-force-dkro-e9cf9a49

A ‘Risky Westward Turn’? Putin’s 9-11 Script and Ordinary Russians. John O’loughlin, Gearid O Tuathail, and Vladimir Kolossov. Europe-Asia Studies. 2004.

Flame-throwers used at Beslan siege by Andrew Osborn. The Independent, 24 October 2004.

Feature History - Russo-Georgian War. Feature History. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4LV6VnV9UI&ab_channel=FeatureHistory

Putin's palace. History of world's largest bribe. Алексей Навальный.

Timeline: Alexander Litvinenko death case. BBC. January 15, 2015.

Vladimir Putin's hard-core daily routine includes hours of swimming, late nights, and no alcohol. July 2018. Aine Cain.

US State Department Report on Human Rights Abuses. https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/ukraine/ukraine-crimea/#:~:text=ROLE%20OF%20THE%20POLICE%20AND%20SECURITY%20APPARATUS&text=The%20FSB%20also%20conducted%20security,combatted%20organized%20crime%20and%20corruption.

A new study says Russian trolls didn’t sway the 2016 election. Was the threat overhyped? Andrew Prokop. January 20, 2023.

Improvements and Protest in the Perestroika Years by William Moskoff. The National Council for Soviet and East European Research. September 18, 1992.

We’ll see how Gorbachev rose from life as a farm boy to the Kremlin’s Communist throne. We’ll discover how the KGB reacted to losing power and the final gasps of this security state in the face of Chernobyl, Glasnost, and Perestroika.

Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?

How did the KGB try to survive?

How did the Soviet Union dissolve?

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Sources:

Taubman, William (2017). Gorbachev: His Life and Times. New York City: Simon and Schuster.

Alexander Gorbachev - PhosAgro

https://www.alexander-gorbachev.info/about-me-1

Robert V. Daniels, The End of Communist Revolution. 1993.

Comparing Economic Systems in the Twenty-First Century, 2003, by Gregory and Stuart. ISBN 0-618-26181-8. "Material Balance Planning", (P.127)

Carr, Edward Hallett; Davies, Robert William (1971). Foundations of a Planned Economy, 1926-1929. Macmillan. p. 199.

Mikhail Gorbachev, Perestroika (New York: Harper Collins, 1987), quoted in Mark Kishlansky, ed., Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, 4th ed., vol. 2 (New York: Longman, 2001), p. 322.

Semenov, B.A. "Nuclear power in the Soviet Union." IAEA. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

RBMK Reactors - Design Overview | The Nuclear Reactor that was used in Chernobyl. Antares. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDPh1JA72nk&ab_channel=Antares

MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory. https://nrl.mit.edu/about

Inside MIT's Nuclear Reactor. MITK12Videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QcN3KDexcU&ab_channel=MITK12Videos

Nuclear 101: How Nuclear Bombs Work Part 1 of 2. Belfer Center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVhQOhxb1Mc&ab_channel=BelferCenter

World Nuclear Association. Nuclear Power Reactors. May 2023. https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-power-reactors/nuclear-power-reactors.aspx

Xenon Can Be a Problem. Illinois EnergyProf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZQwL-2WTgA&ab_channel=IllinoisEnergyProf

CHERNOBYL AZ-5 why it exploded. Mike Bell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOzJQJ1yAaM&t=598s&ab_channel=MikeBell

What is radiation?. Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission - CNSC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw0pHT47AAU&ab_channel=CanadianNuclearSafetyCommission-CNSC

The Only Radiation Units You Need to Know. SciShow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpQzhZ0RRDM&ab_channel=SciShow

Radiation Exposure in Healthcare. https://www.health.harvard.edu/cancer/radiation-risk-from-medical-imaging

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. High Radiation Doses. https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/radiation/health-effects/high-rad-doses.html

Was Chernobyl a cunning KGB conspiracy? Rein F. Deer. https://www.politico.eu/article/was-chernobyl-a-cunning-kgb-conspiracy/

Knight, Amy. “The KGB, Perestroika, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union.” Journal of Cold War Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 2003, pp. 67–93. *Contact me if you want a copy of the PDF*

The Breakup of the Soviet Union Explained. History Scope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2GmtBCVHzY&ab_channel=HistoryScope

The Last Ditch Attempt to Save the USSR - August Coup of 1991 (Short Animated Documentary). History Matters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXfvo34Ubpc&ab_channel=HistoryMatters

"Mikhail Gorbachev was hospitalized in the Central Clinical Hospital". Forbes.ru (in Russian). 11 June 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

How Instagram Ruined Chernobyl…Again. Kyle Hill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=326wzbsmjGk&ab_channel=KyleHill

Original Pripyat Evacuation Recording - IT'S HISTORY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW6ryRYPRCE&ab_channel=IT%27SHISTORY Music/Sounds:

Scorching Action by Jon Presstone

Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone

Gnossienne No. 1 by Erik Satie

Kalahari Wind by Humans Win

Exploring the Possibility by Jon Presstone

Emerging Science by Jon Presstone

Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod

Giant wyrm by Kevin MacLeod

Select clip(s) from South Park

Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata 3rd movement

Clips from The Simpsons S3 E5 - Homer Defined

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The first instance was in 1978 when Korean Air flight 902 was on route from Paris to Seoul with a stop over in Anchorage. This flight took the plane over the North Pole and due to the navigation technology they had at the time and how compasses function when flying over the top of the Earth, the pilots ended up off course. Instead of flying towards Seoul, they ended up flying toward Murmansk in the Soviet Union. 

The jet was discovered on radar, the Soviets sent a Sukhoi Su-15 fighter to intercept the airliner. The airliner did not respond to warnings, and the fighter pilot, Alexander Bosov, seeing the plane was clearly marked as a Korean Airlines jet, tried to convince his superiors on the ground the craft he was looking at was a passenger plane. They ordered him to shoot it down. Bosov launched two R-60 short-range air-to-air missiles. One missed, the other hit the left wing and punctured the fuselage. One Korean passenger was killed and others were injured. KAL 902 was forced to land in a frozen lake in Korelia close to the Finnish border. In the aftermath, there were 2 deaths and 107 survivors of the incident, but the Soviets refused to cooperate with the international investigation as to why exactly the plane flew so far off course. Those 107 survivors on Flight 902 were lucky, unlike those on Flight 007. Victims of a titanic conflict between East and West.

We’re going to talk about events mostly during Brezhnev’s leadership of the USSR, a period that’s often dubbed the Era of Stagnation: lackluster economic growth and a feeling of no purpose. I heard a Russian youtuber describe this period as an existence within the movie GroundHog Day -- nothing changes. But the Soviet Union maintained their military might in terms of funding, technology, and firepower. In the game of superpowers, you couldn’t let your guard down. And the KGB was right there on the espionage front.

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Sources:

The Russian Secret Police by Ronald Hingley

Brezhnev: The Making of a Statesman by Susanne Schattenberg

Cold War Conversations podcast - Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev - aspiring actor and poetry fan (209)

The Hated and the Dead podcast - EP38: Leonid Brezhnev

History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century (3 ed.) by Robert Service (2009). 

The Life and Times of Soviet Socialism by Alex Dowlah and John Elliott.1997 

The Soviet-Vietnamese Intelligence Relationship during the Vietnam War: Cooperation and Conflict By Merle L. Pribbenow II, December 2014

Vietnam Admits K.G.B. Interrogated American. Barbara Crossette. 1992. New York Times.

Drug Games. The International Olympic Committee and the Politics of Doping, 1960–2008 by Thomas M. Hunt. 2011

Feature History - Soviet-Afghan War. Feature History. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDQLHFBp4aM&ab_channel=FeatureHistory

KGB Spy Gadgets: The Ultimate Secret Cameras & Espionage Tools. Spyscape. Date unknown.

The KGB (Russian Secret Police): Its composition, aims and methods by Lt Cdr H.G. Graser. South African Journal of Military Studies. 1984.

Cold War Mystery – The Umbrella Assassin. Element 18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsVRYhLLPCM&ab_channel=Element18 

Gennadiy Nikolayevich Osipovich. This Day in Aviation. Bryan R. Swopes. 2018. https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/gennadiy-nikolayevich-osipovich/ 

Music:

Scorching Action by Jon Presstone

Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone

Gnossienne No. 1 by Erik Satie

Kalahari Wind by Humans Win

Terrifying Journey (Extra Dire) by The Turquoise Moon

Scary Ambient Tension & Suspense Ghost With Pounding Impacts Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod 

Select clip(s) from South Park

What were Khrushchev’s limits when it came to liberalizing the Soviet Union?

How did the US and USSR back away from the brink of nuclear war?

Why was Khruschev not allowed at Disneyland?

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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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypuuxrxcVek&ab_channel=AnotherTv 

KGB Assassinations. Spyscape. https://spyscape.com/article/the-13th-directorate-the-kgbs-top-secret-1960s-assassination-unit 

Communist Control Techniques. An Analysis of the Methods Used by Communist State Police in the Arrest, Interrogation, and Indoctrination of Persons Regarded as “Enemies of the State.” National Security Archive. April 1956. 

Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. https://okupacijasmuzejs.lv/en 

The World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for the Third World - Newly Revealed Secrets from the Mitrokhin Archive. Christopher Andrew. 2005. 

Information about the Cooperation between the KGB of the USSR and the MfS of the DPRK. Wilson Center. August 1984. 

REALPOLITIK: The KGB in Africa. Mark Hackard. 2015. 

Soviet Intelligence in Latin America During the Cold War. Nikolai Leonov. 1998.

The Sword and the Shield. Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin. 2000.

The History of Russian Involvement in America's Race Wars. Julia Ioffe. October 2017.

Why did the USSR hand over West Berlin? (Short Animated Documentary). History Matters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YPbue5bfgk&ab_channel=HistoryMatters 

1963 Fletcher Markle Interviews Walt Disney. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nMrLcmBCuI&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hykIPanJdicW55k2WWqn9Ov&index=2&t=774s&ab_channel=onstageDisney 

Khrushchev Does America (full length documentary). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpxsNqAYXB8&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hykIPanJdicW55k2WWqn9Ov&index=3&ab_channel=docukino 

Arkansas National Guard Prevent School Desegregation - 1957 | Today in History | 4 Sept 16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFVGKykCGyw&t=67s&ab_channel=BritishMovietone 

Duck and Cover 1951 Bert the Turtle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60&t=493s&ab_channel=NuclearVault 

Music:

Scorching Action by Jon Presstone

Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Cinematic Action Drums And Percussion With Dark Ambient Atmospheric Tension Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone

Darkness Marching (Trailer Music) Jon Presstone

Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees

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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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypuuxrxcVek&ab_channel=AnotherTv 

KGB Assassinations. Spyscape. https://spyscape.com/article/the-13th-directorate-the-kgbs-top-secret-1960s-assassination-unit 

Communist Control Techniques. An Analysis of the Methods Used by Communist State Police in the Arrest, Interrogation, and Indoctrination of Persons Regarded as “Enemies of the State.” National Security Archive. April 1956. 

Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. https://okupacijasmuzejs.lv/en 

The World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for the Third World - Newly Revealed Secrets from the Mitrokhin Archive. Christopher Andrew. 2005. 

Information about the Cooperation between the KGB of the USSR and the MfS of the DPRK. Wilson Center. August 1984. 

REALPOLITIK: The KGB in Africa. Mark Hackard. 2015. 

Soviet Intelligence in Latin America During the Cold War. Nikolai Leonov. 1998.

The Sword and the Shield. Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin. 2000.

The History of Russian Involvement in America's Race Wars. Julia Ioffe. October 2017.

Music:

Scorching Action by Jon Presstone

Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Cinematic Action Drums And Percussion With Dark Ambient Atmospheric Tension Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone

Darkness Marching (Trailer Music) Jon Presstone

Dramatic Gossip - Reality Documentary Tension Background by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Disclaimer! The section on the Cambridge Five was written using the assistance of ChatGPT and was vetted for dates and facts.

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.

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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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypuuxrxcVek&ab_channel=AnotherTv 

KGB Assassinations. Spyscape. https://spyscape.com/article/the-13th-directorate-the-kgbs-top-secret-1960s-assassination-unit 

Communist Control Techniques. An Analysis of the Methods Used by Communist State Police in the Arrest, Interrogation, and Indoctrination of Persons Regarded as “Enemies of the State.” National Security Archive. April 1956. 

Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. https://okupacijasmuzejs.lv/en 

The World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for the Third World - Newly Revealed Secrets from the Mitrokhin Archive. Christopher Andrew. 2005. 

Information about the Cooperation between the KGB of the USSR and the MfS of the DPRK. Wilson Center. August 1984. 

REALPOLITIK: The KGB in Africa. Mark Hackard. 2015. 

Soviet Intelligence in Latin America During the Cold War. Nikolai Leonov. 1998.

The Sword and the Shield. Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin. 2000.

The History of Russian Involvement in America's Race Wars. Julia Ioffe. October 2017.

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. 

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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

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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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBd60UsL9u0&ab_channel=Knowledgia

The NKVD: from Pen-Pushers to Communist Hit Squads - WW2 Special. World War Two. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HwKl8VUZHA&t=507s&ab_channel=WorldWarTwo 

State Committee of Defence Decree. Concerning the security measures in rear areas and communications of the Red Army in East Prussia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania. December 1944. https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2015/12/10/soviet-nkvd-iv/ 

Sonja Schmid. Producing Power: The Pre-Chernobyl History of the Soviet Nuclear Industry. 2015. 

The Atomic Bomb, Russia and Spies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nOrMZCThNg&t=136s&ab_channel=JohnKerruish   

Harry S Truman Library

Bombing of Hiroshima Newsreel from the AP

Music

Scorching Action by Jon Presstone

Tension in the Dark by Jon Presstone

Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory

It’s Beginning to Look A lot Like Christmas by Perry Como (a parody)

Mozart K.488 Piano Concerto #23 in A 2nd mov. Adagio

Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Electra to the Baltic Sea by Giuseppe Rizzo

Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone

Sad Smooth Piano Jazz Background Music by Volodymyr Piddubnyk

Eye Of The Storm (Feat. Cicely Parnas) - Instrumental Version Humans Win

Kalahari Wind by Humans Win

Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod

Giant Wyrm by Kevin MacLeod

Selected clips from The Death of Stalin (2017)

The NKVD was a secret police force dictators dream of: vast, pervasive, feared, deadly, deceptive. They were at Stalin's beck and call.

On this episode, we explore the history and methods of the NKVD under the leadership of Genrikh Yagoda and Nikolai Yezhov. We'll cover the NKVD during WWII under Lavrentri Beria in part 5.

Sources

The Russian Secret Police. Ronald Hingley. 1970.

Stalin: Paradoxes of Power. Stephen Kotkin. 2014.

How did the Soviet Union work? By Viki1999

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6emmgC6rsGA&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hzRxUfRlpUs9sapwTPnIg6C&index=2&t=665s

Joseph Stalin: The Red Terror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqfcpNrcGb0&t=508s

Genrikh Yagoda

https://spartacus-educational.com/RUSyagoda.htm

Nikolai Yezhov

https://spartacus-educational.com/RUSyezhov.htm

Cannibal Island

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaOwcYLGTMo&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hzRxUfRlpUs9sapwTPnIg6C&index=4&t=108s

The Nazino Gulag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkauF4MndOw&t=518s&ab_channel=GoyimDefenceLeague

Cannibal Island location

http://wikimapia.org/14057879/Nazino-island

Gulag: History, Camps, Conditions, Economy, Effect, Facts, Quotes (2003). Interview of Anne Applebaum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGeHPwgLm6Y&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hzRxUfRlpUs9sapwTPnIg6C&index=5

Gregory Zinoviev

https://spartacus-educational.com/RUSzinoviev.htm

Nikolay Bukharin

https://spartacus-educational.com/RUSbukharin.htm

Alexei Rykov

https://spartacus-educational.com/RUSrykov.htm

Mikhail Tomsky

https://spartacus-educational.com/RUStomsky.htm

Sergey Kirov

https://spartacus-educational.com/RUSkirov.htm

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

Big Epic Drums by Psystein

March of the Defenders of Moscow by Alexey Surkov and Boris Mokrousov

Scheherazade Op. 35 by Rimsky Korsakov

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Sergey Vaynshank

Kristaps Andrejsons at the Eastern Border Podcast

Roberto at the History of Saqartvelo Georgia Podcast

*** Important *** Interview audio was edited for quality and soundbites that fit into the subject matter. I intent to post full interviews as bonus material provided I have permission from the interviewee. 

Under the leadership of Vladimir Ilych Lenin, the Bolsheviks seemed at first to bring real, much needed change to Russia. But it didn’t take long for Lenin’s true intentions to become clear: a dictatorship of the proletariat with himself at the helm. 

Lenin was a man with many similarities to those he later deemed political enemies. He was unwavering in his faith in Marxism, but tweaked Marx’ original writings into Leninism both in theory and in practice because, when it came to governing, Leninism was only achievable through the Red Terror unleashed by the Cheka.

Sources:

The Russian Secret Police. Ronald Hingley. 1970.

Stalin: Paradoxes of Power. Stephen Kotkin. 2014.

The Russian Civil War. Evan Mawdsley. 2005.

The Life of Lenin. Louis Fischer. 1964.

Vladimir Lenin: The Founder of the Soviet Union. Biographics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSWT8oPb1mM

Holidays in Russia

https://russiatrek.org/about-russian-holidays

Felix Dzerzhinsky

https://alphahistory.com/russianrevolution/felix-dzerzhinsky/

Princess Stories: The Secret of Anastasia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e7t_jUt8sY&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hwvWhPtFZp9XVByI0uRvvLI&index=2

Thanks to @regina_imperatrix for the Anastasia film

Music:

Scorching Action by Jon Presstone

Tension in the Dark by Jon Presstone

Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory

Mystery Warrior by LIVINGFORCE

Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Final Speech by Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad)

Big Epic Drums by Psystein

Ammil by The Tides

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlHZd94pdhQ

Laborers like you can join a union called the Moscow Mechanical Productions Workers' Mutual Aid Society that will advocate for these better conditions you've been hoping for. Plus this organization sounds like a better option than those radial groups out there throwing bombs at government officials. 

But if this union sounds too good to be true, that's because it is. Unbeknownst to you, the union was created by the Tsar's secret police, the Okhrana, to spy on any potentially dangerous radicals. 

Source:

The Russian Secret Police. Ronald Hingley. 1970.

Stalin: Paradoxes of Power. Stephen Kotkin. 2014

Fyodor I

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fyodor-I

Boris Godunov

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Boris-Godunov-tsar-of-Russia

American home square footage

https://www.statista.com/statistics/456925/median-size-of-single-family-home-usa

Lee, Eric (1993-06-01). "The Eremin letter: Documentary proof that Stalin was an Okhrana spy?". Revolutionary Russia. 6 (1): 55–96. doi:10.1080/09546549308575595. ISSN 0954-6545.

Butovo Memorial

https://coldwarsites.net/country/russia/butovo-execution-and-burial-site-moscow/

Rasputin’s Twig ‘n Berries

https://www.cultofweird.com/curiosities/rasputin-penis/

Inflation Calculator

https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

Music:

Scorching Action by Jon Presttone

Electra to the Baltic Sea (Full) by Giuseppe Rizzo

Ammil by The Tides

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlHZd94pdhQ

Giant Wyrm by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3807-giant-wyrm

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This is the first part of a series on Russian secret police and the first episode ever of this new podcast, Secret Police. 

Sources:

Armies of Ivan the Terrible: Russian Troops 1505–1700 (Men-at-Arms) Paperback – Illustrated, January 31, 2006 by David Nicolle, Viacheslav Shpakovsky, Angus McBride (Illustrator)

Dictators and their secret police : coercive institutions and state violence Studies of the East Asian Institute. Sheena Chestnut Greitens

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

Dictators and their Secret Police - Coercive Institutions and State Violence. Sheena Chestnut Greitens.

A Short History of Russia. A compilation from the  study of a number of other works, in particular H.A.L.  Fisher's  "History of  Europe",  Paul  Crowson's  "A History of  the Russian  People",  and  William L.  Langer's  "Encyclopaedia  of  World History”.

Andreyev, Nikolay. "Ivan the Terrible". Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-the-Terrible. Accessed 31 December 2021.

The Oprichnina as a Carnival of Violence: Ivan the Terrible and Muscovite Popular Culture Maureen Perrie Emeritus Professor of Russian History, Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Skrynnikov and Graham, Ivan the Terrible. Solovʹev and Rhinelander. History of Russia. 1981. 

Nizhny Novgorod. Sergei Maltcev. To My American Friends. 2015.

The Oprichnina of Ivan the Terrible: Part 1, Creation. A Region of Fear Patrolled by Black Robed Soldiers. Robert Wilde. May 30, 2019. https://www.thoughtco.com/the-oprichnina-of-ivan-the-terrible-3860937

Music:

Main Theme: Scorching Action - Jon Prestone

Mysterious fantasy with gloomy choir and harp for dark fairytale setting - Suite Tracks Music

Introitus - Audio Waves - Eliche Remblon

Odious Signs - Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad)

Final Speech - Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad)

TV Audio:

History Bites Season 4 Episode 8

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