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The Romanovs and the Secret Police: From Oprichnina to Okhrana
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna trace the shadowy evolution of Russia's secret police, from Ivan the Terrible's oprichniki to the Okhrana's network of spies and provocateurs. They explore how Peter the Great's Preobrazhensky Prikaz, Nicholas I's Third Section, and Alexander III's Okhrana shaped the Romanov dynasty's survival and downfall. Along the way, they uncover the Paris Okhrana's infiltration of revolutionary groups, the role of double agents like Yevno Azef, and the 1909 Azef affair that shook the government. They also examine…
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