Anonymous Center: Secret Monarchical Organizations and Right Terrorism in the White South of Russia (1918-1920)

The monograph by the candidate of historical sciences A. A. Chemakin (St. Petersburg State University), written in the genre of historical investigation, is devoted to the activities of the “Anonymous Center” and other underground monarchical organizations in the south of Russia during the Civil War. The most high -profile terrorist acts committed by the extreme right are considered in detail: the murders of the Commissioner of the Romanian Front S. G. Roshal, chairman of the Kuban regional Rada, N. S. Ryabovol, the chief of counterintelligence of the headquarters of the Novorossiyas G. A. Kirpichnikov, the former chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the South of Russia, general -Litenant I.P. Romanovsky, an attempt on a deputy of the Don circle of P. M. Ageev. Conspiratorial circles, self -polling counterintelligence, intrigues and conflicts between the leaders of the South Russian white movement - the reader will learn about all this on the pages of a book based on the materials of two dozen Russian and foreign archives. The main part of the book is complemented by the first -published text of “Notes” by D. B. Bologovsky, the leader of the terrorist “Special Purpose Scouts” during the detachment of Colonel M. G. Drozdovsky. The book is intended for both specialists and a wide range of readers interested in the history of Russia