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The Romanovs' Secret Police: From Third Section to Okhrana
Long before the Okhrana became infamous as the tsarist secret police, Nicholas I established the Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery in 1826. This episode traces the evolution of imperial Russia's political police from its founding under General Alexander Benckendorff to its role in suppressing dissent, infiltrating revolutionary groups, and even targeting cultural figures like Pushkin and Tchaikovsky. We explore how the Third Section operated through a network of informants, its infamous Blue Censorship, and how it transformed into the Okhrana under later tsars…
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