Filip Kovacevic
@chekistmonitor.bsky.social
Top expert on #KGB (ops, archives, spy fiction). Book: KGB Literati (t.co/uWXN1eLc0u). PhD. 25+ years university teaching in Russia/Balkans/US. Now at University of San Francisco.
"Drawing on archival material and long-lost Soviet publications, he suggests that #KGB’s venture into spy fiction was an organized campaign of psychological warfare, designed to shape both the self-image of the secret police and the political imagination of the Soviet public."
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Drawing on archival material and long-lost Soviet publications, he suggests that #KGB’s venture into spy fiction was an organized campaign of psychological warfare, designed to shape both the self-image of the secret police and the political imagination of the Soviet public."
Who knows? Volkov's reaction to the report from Vilnius is not in this collection. It's in the Central Archive of the FSB.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Who knows? Volkov's reaction to the report from Vilnius is not in this collection. It's in the Central Archive of the FSB.
Reposted by Filip Kovacevic
Congratulations, Filip. Your book got an impressive three out of three trench coats in the @thecipherbrief.bsky.social review. www.thecipherbrief.com/kgb-literati...
When the Chekists Took Up the Pen
BOOK REVIEW: KGB Literati: Spy Fiction and State Security in the Soviet UnionBy Filip Kovacevic / University of Toronto PressReviewed by: Bill HarlowThe Reviewer Bill Harlow served as chief spokesman ...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Congratulations, Filip. Your book got an impressive three out of three trench coats in the @thecipherbrief.bsky.social review. www.thecipherbrief.com/kgb-literati...
From this document. However, only 6 pages have been declassified.
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
From this document. However, only 6 pages have been declassified.