RUSSIAN AND GERMAN AGENT INTELLIGENCE BEFORE AND DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914–1918): AN ANALYSIS BASED ON K. K. ZVONAREV

Authors

  • Boltaev Okhun Asia International University, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology, Department of Foreign Languages and Social Sciences, Lecturer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55640/

Keywords:

agent intelligence, black cabinet, diplomatic correspondence, ciphers and codes, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Police Department, court intelligence, military counterintelligence, Russo–Japanese War, intelligence networks, secret agents, diplomatic couriers, Wilhelm II, economic intelligence.

Abstract

This text examines the activities of Russian imperial agent intelligence in the period leading up to the Russo–Japanese War of 1904–1905. It focuses on the intelligence systems operated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Police Department), and the Ministry of the Imperial Court. The document describes how “black cabinets” were used to intercept diplomatic correspondence, how foreign ciphers and codes were acquired, and how ambassadors, consuls, and personal adjutants were employed in gathering secret political, diplomatic, and military information.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

1.Zvonarev, K. K. Agent Intelligence: Russian Agent Intelligence of All Types before and during the War of 1914–1918; German Agent Intelligence before and during the War of 1914–1918. Petrograd, 1921.

2.Polovtsov, A. A. Diary. In: Krasnyi Arkhiv, Vol. IV. Moscow, 1924.

3.Bogdanovich, A. V. Diary: The Last Three Autocrats. Moscow: L. D. Frenkel Publishing House, 1924.

4.Wilhelm II, Nicholas II. The Correspondence of Wilhelm II and Nicholas II. Various editions.

5.Deacon, Richard. A History of the Russian Secret Service. London: Frederick Muller, 1972.

6.Geyer, Dietrich. Russian Imperialism: The Interaction of Domestic and Foreign Policy, 1860–1914. London: Routledge, 1987.

Downloads

Published

2026-01-21

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 01 (2026): Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences and Innovations

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all Open Access articles are disseminated under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which licenses unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is appropriately cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not specifically identified, does not imply that these names are not protected by the relevant laws and regulations.

How to Cite

RUSSIAN AND GERMAN AGENT INTELLIGENCE BEFORE AND DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914–1918): AN ANALYSIS BASED ON K. K. ZVONAREV. (2026). Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences and Innovations, 5(01), 1460-1463. https://doi.org/10.55640/

Similar Articles

1-10 of 2617

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.