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The Romanovs' Secret War on Crime
While we often remember the Romanovs for their opulence and eventual downfall, few discuss the sophisticated, terrifyingly efficient police state they built to maintain it. This episode explores the Okhrana, the Tsar's secret police, and the complex web of informants, spies, and agents provocateurs that kept a lid on revolutionary sentiment for decades. We dive into the life of Yevno Azef, the double agent who betrayed his own cause while feeding information to the regime, and the controversial strategies of Sergei Zubatov, who tried to co-opt workers by creating state-sponsored unions…
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