Trudy of the KGB Higher School, No. 45 (1989)
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
Top-secret issue of the KGB's flagship internal journal — eleven sections on counterintelligence methodology, agent recruitment and handling, and state-security doctrine for operational officers.
Read more →Trudy of the KGB Higher School, No. 41–42 (1987)
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
Double issue marking the 70th anniversary of the VChK–KGB, with articles on CIA recruitment models, technical intelligence, and preventive counterintelligence work.
Read more →KGB Intelligence on the United States (1969)
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
Internal KGB study of American intelligence and counterintelligence — structure, methods, and operational vulnerabilities.
Read more →KGB on Ukrainian Nationalists (1963)
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
Internal KGB analysis of Ukrainian nationalist movements and the counterintelligence measures directed against them.
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KGB Analysis of the Activities of the British Secret Intelligence Service
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
Internal KGB assessment of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service — structure, methods, and operational vulnerabilities.
Read more →KGB Counterintelligence in Tourism (1977)
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
KGB methodology for counterintelligence work along the foreign-tourism channel.
Read more →Working with Agents (1970)
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
The KGB's manual on the recruitment, handling, and management of agents (Rabota s agenturoy).
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KGB Manuals: Espionage Training
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
The KGB's espionage training manuals, translated from the original Russian — the tradecraft of agent operations, surveillance, and cover.
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KGB Manuals: Espionage Training, Volume II
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
The second volume of the KGB's espionage training manuals.
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Recruitment Under a False Flag
KGB Training Manual · Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
The KGB training manual on recruiting agents under a false flag — the technique of approaching a target beneath a cover identity.
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Conspiracy in Intelligence Work
KGB Training Manual · Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
The KGB training manual on conspiracy (konspiratsiya) — the discipline of secrecy that governs all intelligence work.
Read more →Sbornik of the KGB, No. 146–147 (1991)
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
Combined issue of the KGB's classified monthly collection on agent-operational and investigative work.
Read more →Sbornik of the KGB, No. 136 (1989)
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
1989 issue of the KGB's classified monthly collection of articles on agent-operational and investigative work.
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The History of Soviet State Security
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
The history of the Soviet state security organs, from the Cheka to the KGB.
Read more →Psychological Types in Recruitment
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
A KGB study of psychological personality types and their exploitation in agent recruitment.
Read more →Exposing the Provocation
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
A KGB analysis of provocation (podstava) — how it is mounted, detected, and countered.
Read more →Interrogation Tactics
Piterentsev & Stepanov · Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
A manual of interrogation technique by two Soviet specialists.
Read more →NKVD — Methods of Foreign Intelligence Organs
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
An NKVD study of the operational methods used by foreign intelligence services against the USSR.
Read more →Russian Confidants in Turkey
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
On the recruitment and use of Russian confidants in Turkey.
Read more →Dangles (1976)
Yanchikov · Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
On dangles — the tradecraft of feeding controlled material to an adversary.
Read more →S.I.M. — Carte Segrete (2014)
Translated by Aleksander Bremovych
Italian-language journal devoted to the S.I.M., Italy's fascist-era military intelligence service.
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Covert Repression in the War Against Individuals and Groups
Simon Steed
A study of the covert techniques used to repress, isolate, and neutralize individuals and groups.
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