Category: 13. Russia post-1991

Theodore Karasik, RAND Corporation: Soviet Archives after 1991 (1993)

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)

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)

Politburo documents about Poland (July 1992*, RF Presidential Archive)

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 websiteand section 9.4 The USSR and Poland. ================= [page one of one] LIST documents from the Archive of the President of … Continue reading Politburo documents about Poland (July 1992*, RF Presidential Archive)

“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

CC documents about Afghanistan (31 Dec 1992* [Presidential Administration])

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. Afghanistan See 9.2 The USSR and Afghanistan for translations of most of the documents listed below. ============================ … Continue reading CC documents about Afghanistan (31 Dec 1992* [Presidential Administration])