The KGB and the Vatican: secrets of the Mitrokhin files
"The KGB archivist and defector Vasili Nikitivich Mitrokhin created voluminous transcriptions and summaries of KGB records that span almost 20 years. These transcriptions contain, among other details, a limited but interesting account of KGB activities directed against the Holy See from the ear...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Washington, DC
The Catholic Education Press
[2022]
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Vatikanstadt
/ Soviet Union
/ Soviet Union, KGB, KUOS
/ Mitrokhin, Vasili 1922-2004
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| RelBib Classification: | KDB Roman Catholic Church TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Catholic Church
Foreign relations (Soviet Union)
B Catholic Church and world politics B Cold War B Intelligence service (Soviet Union) History B Soviet Union Foreign relations 1945-1991 B Vatican City Foreign relations (Soviet Union) B Communism and religion B Soviet Union Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti History B Soviet Union Foreign relations (Vatican City) B Soviet Union Foreign relations Catholic Church |
| Summary: | "The KGB archivist and defector Vasili Nikitivich Mitrokhin created voluminous transcriptions and summaries of KGB records that span almost 20 years. These transcriptions contain, among other details, a limited but interesting account of KGB activities directed against the Holy See from the early 1960s to the early 1980s, at a time when the Vatican was attempting to reach out to Communist governments in Eastern Europe. This book is a translation of those passages in the Mitrokhin Archive related to the Holy See. This original text is preceded by a three-part introduction covering: who was Vasili Mitrokhin and how were his files created and smuggled to the United Kingdom; the historical background of the relationship between the Soviet regime and the Vatican, leading up to and including the period discussed in Mitrokhin's record; and finally, a summary of the Mitrokhin Archive's revelations regarding the KGB's efforts against the Vatican, both independently and in coordination with political police forces in the satellite regimes in Eastern Europe"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index Auf dem Umschlag: This valuable primary source collection also contains a historical introduction written by the the translator, Sean Brennan |
| ISBN: | 1949822222 |