22: Spies and Imposters

6

Lying Undercover

On the danger of alumni relations, Roman train stations and stray buttons.

13

Marseilles

A legendary song about a spy dreaming of escape. Accompanied by a wonderful illustration.

15

Staff Captain Rybnikov

It is the height of the Russo-Japanese war, and Staff Captain Rybnikov, based in St. Petersburg, is not exactly he seems to be.

34

The Call

Comrades! Danger rears its head from the right!

37

The Tale of the Cowardly Devil

Excerpt from one of the classic Soviet era Major Pronin tales, about a skilled Chekist battling in this case wreckers. Fiction

60

The Little Button

A lost button leads to the discovery of a spy in this classic Soviet era poem.

62

A Face of Soviet Intelligence

A brief portrayal of a quintessential and typical Soviet intelligence operative, Naum Markovich Belkin.

63

Early Spy Films: The Stalin Era

A consideration of the short and vivid history of spy films under Stalin.

74

The Border

A classic song about the Civil War and vigilance in the borderlands.

77

PKHENTS

A masterful sci-fi espionage tale set in Soviet Russia. Really. Fiction

101

The New World Order

This tale within a tale unravels into a surprising conclusion about the real end of the Cold War. Fiction