ORGANISATION, ACCESS, and DECLASSIFICATION. Theodore Karasik National Defense Research Institute, RAND Corporation (Published 1993) * INTRODUCTION The post-Soviet archives examined in this monograph are organized into six separate groups: (1) the Russian State archival system; (2) the Russian foreign ministry archives; (3) the Russian Presidential Archive; (4) the Committee for State Security (KGB) archives; (5) … Continue reading Theodore Karasik, RAND Corporation: Soviet Archives after 1991 (1993)
Category: 13. Russia post-1991
How the Soviet Archives were opened — and shut (Ledeen)
Michael Ledeen, FREEDOM BETRAYED Chapter Three (pp. 69-70) [T]he West should have insisted on a proper accounting, if not for the millions of collaborators, certainly for the ruling elites. […] we should have understood the vital importance of making public the historical record of Communist tyranny. […] For a few brief months after the fall … Continue reading How the Soviet Archives were opened — and shut (Ledeen)
Bukovsky: Essays, Articles and Books (1977-2019)
* Vladimir K. Bukovsky (1942-2019) << A selection >> * "Punitive Psychiatry" (Bloch & Reddaway, Russia's Political Hospitals), 1977. * TO BUILD A CASTLE: My Life as a Dissenter, André Deutsch: London, 1978 (345 pp). Translation, Michael Scammell. * "The Peace Movement and the USSR", Commentary, 5 January 1982. "Support the Nicaraguan Resistance", New York … Continue reading Bukovsky: Essays, Articles and Books (1977-2019)
July 1992* (RF Presidential Archive) Politburo documents about Poland
RF PRESIDENTIAL ARCHIVE. List of eight documents reflecting Politburo discussion and action in relation to Poland, between August 1980 and September 1982 [R: Jul 92]. One page. For translations of these documents see this website and section 9.4 The USSR and Poland. ================= [page one of one] LIST documents from the Archive of the President … Continue reading July 1992* (RF Presidential Archive) Politburo documents about Poland
“The Past on Trial” (1992) Richard Pipes describes CPSU hearings
* Russia one year later Richard PIPES [1] «The Washington Post» (16 August 1992) In the morning hours of 7 July 1992 an unusual spectacle unfolded in the center of Moscow, off Staraya Ploshchad, where until recently the all-powerful Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) had had its headquarters: In … Continue reading “The Past on Trial” (1992) Richard Pipes describes CPSU hearings
31 December 1992* [Presidential Administration] Afghanistan
Letter to Chairman of the RF Constitutional Court. Request for 27 Central Committee documents about Afghanistan to be added to the case materials for the defence at the Trial of the CPSU [R 31 Dec 92]. 5 pp. See 9.2 The USSR and Afghanistan for translations of most of the documents listed below. ============================ [page … Continue reading 31 December 1992* [Presidential Administration] Afghanistan
The Bukovsky Archives 