KGB and power. Bobkov F.D.

The activities of state security bodies are one of the most acute and controversial issues arising from the discussion of the Soviet period. To this day, the abbreviations of the VChK-OGPU-NKVD-KGB are perceived by the majority exclusively as the name of the punitive bodies in the service of the totalitarian power.

, the former first deputy chairman of the KGB F. D. Bobkov worked in the state security system. During this time, 12 leaders changed, and the author himself became an eyewitness and a participant in many historical events: from the loss of the party to the collapse of the USSR. The book reveals the theme of complex and conflicting relations between the KGB and the CPSU Central Committee, as well as the features of the party leadership of the state security authorities in the “Andropov period.”

replaced by the frenzied enthusiasm with which the Soviet state was destroyed, the bewilderment and awareness of Losses of spiritual ideals. Today, Russia is on the verge of revival and is in dire need of restoring a professional and effective institution of state security. Whether he will become a defender of the strategic interests of the Fatherland or a repressive body, directly depends on the assimilation of the lessons of the past. This book is devoted to a deep understanding of Soviet history in all its great and tragic inconsistency.