Stalin's singing spy
An edition of Stalin's singing spy (2016)
the life and exile of Nadezhda Plevitskaya
By Pamela A. Jordan
Publish Date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Language
eng
Pages
367
Description:
"Stalin's Singing Spy follows the life of Nadezhda Plevitskaya, who achieved fame as one of Nicholas II's favorite singers and infamy as one of Stalin's agents. The first Western biography and the first to reconstruct her sensationalized trial for kidnapping a White Army general, this book provides a fascinating window into Soviet-era espionage"--Provided by publisher.
subjects: Trials (Kidnapping), Trials, litigation, Kidnapping, 1937, Spies, Women singers, Women spies, Biography, History, Soviet union, biography, Trials, france, Singers, biography, Kidnapping
People: Evgeniĭ Karlovich Miller (1867-1939), Nadezhda Vasilʹevna Plevit︠s︡kai︠a︡ (1884-1940)
Places: Paris, Soviet Union, Russia, France
Times: 20th century, Nicholas II, 1894-1917, 1917-1936