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March of the chekists: Beria’s secret police patronage network and Soviet crypto-politics

Timothy K. Blauvelt
Journal: Communist and Post-Communist Studies
Communist and Post-Communist Studies (2011) 44 (1): 73–88.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2011.01.005
Published: 01 March 2011
...Timothy K. Blauvelt Lavrentii Beria built up one of the most powerful patronage networks in Soviet history. Its success represents a unique case in Soviet history in which a regionally based secret police patron-client network, comprised primarily of representatives of ethnic minorities, took...
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Patronage and betrayal in the post-Stalin succession: The case of Kruglov and Serov

Timothy K. Blauvelt
Journal: Communist and Post-Communist Studies
Communist and Post-Communist Studies (2008) 41 (1): 105–120.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2007.12.003
Published: 06 February 2008
...Timothy K. Blauvelt This paper will examine the phenomenon of betrayal in patronage networks in Soviet higher politics by considering one of the most high-profile and significant cases: the betrayal of Lavrenty Beria by two of his top lieutenants, Sergei Kruglov and Ivan Serov, during the post...
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