Collective leadership and the political police in the Soviet Union

Elsa Bernaut

ResearchPublished 1956

An attempt to trace the evolution of the Russian political police since the establishment of the Soviet state. How the powers and functions of the police changed with shifts in the Communist policies is discussed, together with its role and probable development under the present collective leadership.

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Bernaut, Elsa, Collective leadership and the political police in the Soviet Union. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1956. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1674.html.
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