From the History of the VChK. All-Russian Extraordinary Commission. 1917–1921. Collection of Documents (Iz istorii VChK. Vserossiyskoy Chrezvychaynoy komissii), 1958. In Russian.

From the History of the VChK. All-Russian Extraordinary Commission. 1917–1921. Collection of Documents (Iz istorii VChK. Vserossiyskoy Chrezvychaynoy komissii), 1958. In Russian.

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From the History of the VChK. All-Russian Extraordinary Commission. 1917–1921. Collection of Documents (Iz istorii VChK. Vserossiyskoy Chrezvychaynoy komissii), 1958. In Russian.
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From the History of the VChK. All-Russian Extraordinary Commission. 1917–1921. Collection of Documents (Iz istorii VChK. Vserossiyskoy Chrezvychaynoy komissii), 1958. In Russian.

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Из истории ВЧК. Всероссийской Чрезвычайной комиссии. 1917-1921 гг. Сборник документов.
Составители: А. К. Гончаров, И. А. Дорошенко, И. М. Козичев, Н. Н. Павлович.
Москва: Государственное издательство политической литературы, 1958.
512 с., ил. Увеличенный формат. Твердый издательский переплет.
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From the History of the VChK. All-Russian Extraordinary Commission. 1917–1921. Collection of Documents (Iz istorii VChK. Vserossiyskoy Chrezvychaynoy komissii).
Compiled by A. K. Goncharov, I. A. Doroshenko, I. M. Kozichev, and N. N. Pavlovich.
Moscow: State Publishing House of Political Literature (Gospolitizdat), 1958.
512 pp., illus. Enlarged format. Publisher's hardcover.

This 1958 archival collection is a landmark publication of the Khrushchev Thaw era, providing a meticulously curated selection of documents regarding the formative years of the Soviet secret police. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the "dictatorship of the proletariat," including the arrangement of two primary sections: the Military Revolutionary Committee's struggle against counter-revolution during the first days of Soviet power, and the subsequent creation and operation of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (VChK). As a vital primary source, this volume documents the systematic efforts to protect the national security of the young Soviet republic against sabotage, conspiracies, and assassination attempts during the Civil War.  The documents are organized in strict chronological order, offering researchers a granular view of the institutional evolution of the Cheka under Felix Dzerzhinsky. Featuring rare photographic illustrations and reproductions of original decrees, this enlarged academic edition is a significant bibliographical rarity for historians of the Soviet security apparatus, researchers of the Russian Revolution, and collectors of high-level Soviet administrative history.

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