The KGB campaign against corruption in Moscow / Luc Duhamel.
2010
HF3630.2.Z9 M64 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
The KGB campaign against corruption in Moscow / Luc Duhamel.
Author
Duhamel, Luc.
ISBN
9780822961086 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822961083 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822961083 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 249 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
HF3630.2.Z9 M64 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.1/32309473109048
Summary
The 1980s brought a whirlwind of change to Communist Party politics and the Soviet government. Gorbachev's policies of perestroika and glasnost opened the door to democratic reform, unleashing mounting unrest over the failed economy and calls for independence that ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Often overlooked in these events is the significance of the KGB anticorruption campaigns of 1982 to 1987. --
In this original study, Luc Duhamel focuses on the KGB's investigation into Moscow's two largest trade organizations and reveals the multifarious networks of influence peddling, appointments, and clientelism that pervaded these organizations and connected them to Party officials. Based on unique access to the archives of the KGB and the prosecutor general's office, Duhamel demonstrates how the indictments of thousands of trade organization employees and the reprimands of Communist Party members ultimately led to a power struggle that contributed substantially to the political unraveling of the Soviet system. --Book Jacket.
In this original study, Luc Duhamel focuses on the KGB's investigation into Moscow's two largest trade organizations and reveals the multifarious networks of influence peddling, appointments, and clientelism that pervaded these organizations and connected them to Party officials. Based on unique access to the archives of the KGB and the prosecutor general's office, Duhamel demonstrates how the indictments of thousands of trade organization employees and the reprimands of Communist Party members ultimately led to a power struggle that contributed substantially to the political unraveling of the Soviet system. --Book Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Series in Russian and East European studies.
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Table of Contents
A force that eluded control : the rise of the Moscow trade organizations
Integrity and efficiency : the KGB's anticorruption war
Who, how many, and how much? : corruption in the Moscow trade organizations
The war the KBG lost
Conclusion: changes in the Moscow trade organizations
Appendix: officials charged with bribing deputy directors of the Administration for Food Product Trade Organizations.
Integrity and efficiency : the KGB's anticorruption war
Who, how many, and how much? : corruption in the Moscow trade organizations
The war the KBG lost
Conclusion: changes in the Moscow trade organizations
Appendix: officials charged with bribing deputy directors of the Administration for Food Product Trade Organizations.