Major General Alexander .I. Spiridovitch
Formerly
Okhrana Chief of Kiev 1902, (Political Police)
Founder and Chief of the Russian Secret Service 1905, (To protect The last Russian Emperor, Tsar Nicholas II)
Mayor of the City of Yalta in the Crimea 1916.
Author of over 28 Non Fiction works that are now recognised as being the most detailed and reliable accounts of the dramatic events that were
to ultimately bring to an end Russian Imperial Rule.
Alexander Spiridovitch recalls in extraordinary detail the moments of laughter and those of sadness, and of historical events to private moments
with the Tsar, the Tsarina, the young Prince Alex and the four beautiful Princesses.
The inner workings of the Socialist Revolutionary movement to the operational mandate of the Okhrana political police and the Russian secret service
For eleven years Spirodovitch, assisted by 450 security agents, became firstly the shadow and then respected friend to Tsar Nicholas II, no one
was closer than he, to witness the True events of the life and times of the 'Last Emperor of Imperial Russia'.
Russiahouse Press, has painstakingly translated the Generals memoirs and works, some of which have been used as a 'Blueprint'
for the Secret Service agencies of major powers of today.
ID Numbers
- OLID: OL1868079A
Links outside Open Library
Alternative names
- A.I.Spiridovich
April 22, 2024 | Edited by MARC Bot | move website to links |
June 6, 2012 | Edited by 101.172.127.238 | My great grandfather,s name is spelt Spiridovitch, often mis-spelt as Spiridovich. |
April 12, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added photos to author pages. |
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