THE USE OF TEENAGERS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE INTERESTS OF GERMAN INTELLIGENCE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Thanks to the valuable primary sources introduced into scientific circulation, the authors made sure that many teenagers from among Russian subjects were effective agents and it was they who were entrusted with solving complex and diverse intelligence tasks. These included the identification of “gap...

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Main Authors: Zverev V.O., Tsepilov A.E.
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Published: Academician I.G. Petrovskii Bryansk State University 2024-12-01
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description Thanks to the valuable primary sources introduced into scientific circulation, the authors made sure that many teenagers from among Russian subjects were effective agents and it was they who were entrusted with solving complex and diverse intelligence tasks. These included the identification of “gaps” or weakly fortified defensive positions of the Russian troops on the front line, the study of the strength of the forward units, their weapons and moods, as well as fixing the number and combat readiness of the ships of the Russian navy in sea harbors of military strategic interest. A generalization of the available unique statistical data on the detention of adolescents prompted the idea of a significant scale of involvement in espionage of adolescents and a considerable share of their personified participation in the collection of military information about the Russian defense along the entire length of the North-Western Front. Exploring the factors that encourage criminal activity (on the example of specific criminal acts), the authors of the article came to the conclusion about the dominance of personal selfish motivation or the desire to save one's life in the minds of underage spies. All the other motivators that we identified – playfulness, feelings of risk and danger, “German roots,” sympathy for the recruiting officer – played a secondary role. The measures taken to identify and remove teenage volunteers from the active armies in order to prevent espionage did not bring a tangible effect.
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THE USE OF TEENAGERS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE INTERESTS OF GERMAN INTELLIGENCE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Вестник Брянского государственного университета
teenage spies
volunteers
front line
russian army
german intelligence
title THE USE OF TEENAGERS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE INTERESTS OF GERMAN INTELLIGENCE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
title_full THE USE OF TEENAGERS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE INTERESTS OF GERMAN INTELLIGENCE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
title_fullStr THE USE OF TEENAGERS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE INTERESTS OF GERMAN INTELLIGENCE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
title_full_unstemmed THE USE OF TEENAGERS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE INTERESTS OF GERMAN INTELLIGENCE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
title_short THE USE OF TEENAGERS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE INTERESTS OF GERMAN INTELLIGENCE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
title_sort use of teenagers of the russian empire in the interests of german intelligence during the first world war
topic teenage spies
volunteers
front line
russian army
german intelligence
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