The history of military counterintelligence. SMERSH Empires

The book is dedicated to Russian military counterintelligence, its role in the political and military history of imperial Russia and the Soviet Union. Starting with the origin of the system of counteracting foreign special services in the pre -revolutionary Russian Empire, the author sets out in detail the process of its formation and development, mentioning undeservedly forgotten names of prominent theorists, practitioners and heroes of military counterintelligence, talks about the complex interweaving of the fate of outstanding counterintelligence and military leaders. Famous affairs, for a long time remaining classified documents, evidence of participants in the most high -profile events of history