Declaration of the twelve communist and workers parties. Documents on the chinese revolution and vietnam war are available on our dedicated sites. Table of contents all documents are in pdf format preface pdf only 8kb. Cias analysis of the soviet union, 19471991 central. Until now there has been no comprehensive, balanced documentary survey of the soviet union in any language. The first statement represents the traditionalist school, widely accepted by liberal historians. In 1972, 1975, 1976, 1984, and 1988 the united states government printing office published documents on political abuse of psychiatry in the soviet union.
In 1991, most of the republics that had made up the ussr formed in cis. The material excluded is similar to western civil defense information, such as glasstones effects of nuclear weapons 1964. It was also one of the most diverse, with more than 100 distinct nationalities living within its borders. Richard hacken, european studies librarian, harold b. So its no surprise to find a document entitled parapsychology in the ussr among the 12,000page crest archive. May 1, 2014 the history of the15 states that made up the union of soviet socialist republics u. They have been selected, transcribed and compiled by alpha history authors. Curriculum framework alignment learning objectives historical thinking skills. Suppressed or hard to find documents about the ussr. From 1987 to 1991, the international association on the political use of psychiatry iapup published fortytwo volumes of documents on the political abuse of psychiatry in the ussr. Russian revolution, civil war and ussr 19171991 eurodocs. The majority of documents in this volume come from the years when stalin was head of. Since the end of world war ii, the cia has kept an unwavering eye on its russian counterparts.
Of the states that made up the cis, the russian federation was the largest and it had many problems facing it. Secret cuban documents on history of africa involvement. During the period of its existence, the union of soviet socialist republics was by area the worlds largest country. Lenins rule lasted from the bolshevik revolution of 7 november 1917, through his death on 21 january 1924, and then stalin progressively consolidated his power, winning out in a power struggle with rival bolshevik leaders such as bukharin and above all trotsky. Documents relating to the former soviet union, russia, and. Starting in 1981, mikhail gorbachev instituted a policy of perestroika, or restructuring, that led to a decline in soviet political control and. This topsecret 639page history of the soviet state security organs was. See more ideas about history, russia and soviet union. The ideological and geopolitical competition between the united states and the soviet union shaped the global and regional makeup of the modern world and its legacies continue to.
Roosevelt was first used in the declaration by united nations of 1 january 1942, during the second world war, when. Describe 4 1 generalised answer which makes weak points 12 2 detailed and accurate description 34 why. Collection of communist documents from soviet history. More on the historical experience of the proletarian. This collection of cold war documents, compiled by alpha history authors, contains primary sources from the period 1945 to 1991. Stalin initially resisted the proposal but ultimately accepted it, although with lenins agreement changed the name to the union of soviet socialist republics ussr, albeit all the republics began as socialist soviet and did not change to the other order until 1936. Foreign relations of the united states, 19691976, volume. Suppressed or difficult to find documents about the soviet union during both the. This collection of cold war documents contains primary sources from the period 1945 to 1991. This document explains that russian researchers were no nearer the truth about psi than anyone else prior to the industrial revolution, but everything. The online document archive features newly declassifed documents from former eastbloc. Soviet subversion and propaganda, how the west thought. Document based question cold war historical context.
Scoring guidelines and notes for documentbased question. Editors and contributors to this volume pdf only 34 kb. The name united nations, coined by united states president franklin d. The central intelligence agency cia, in partnership with the national museum of the u.
In an effort to prop up an unpopular prosoviet regime in afghanistan, the soviet union signs a friendship treaty with the afghan government agreeing to provide economic and military. Cia releases declassified documents on the cold war soviet. These vietnam war documents have been curated by alpha history authors. Foreign relations of the united states, 19691976, volume e4, documents on iran and iraq, 19691972. The russian population made up about 50% of the soviet population, and was culturally dominant. They include material from archives that had been key working files. German history in documents and images ghdi is a comprehensive collection of primary source materials documenting germanys political, social, and cultural history from 1500 to the present. Epsteins collection of documents on the history of rus siangerman.
An index of analyses on the former soviet union, produced by the cias directorate of intelligence and released to the national archives is provided below, arrayed by year of publication. One hundred documents total from the following time periods. The ussr consisted of 15 separate republics, the largest of which was the russian republic. Between 1945 and 1990, the ussr and the communist bloc grew to cover nearly all of asia and eastern europe. How the west fought against it an analytic history, with lessons for the present nicholas j. Cull, vasily gatov, peter pomerantsev, anne applebaum and alistair shawcross. The modern encyclopedia of russian and soviet history mersh. Suppressed or difficult to find documents about the soviet union during both the socialist period up to the mid1950s and the revisionist period until the final collapse of the ussr in 1991. If you would like to contribute or suggest a document.
Chapter 9 from wartime alliesto cold war enemies he arguments you are about to read are derived from three different schools of historical thinking. The multimillionstrong movement of human mass over the entire territory of the ussr constituted an inseparable part of the 70yearlong economic, social and political history of the country. And for this reason, she had another view of stalin. Declassified intelligence analyses on the former soviet. Early history of the soviet missile program 19451953. The cia which conducted various antisoviet operations for almost five decades, and whose staff strived to obtain accurate intelligence about the ussr, cannot be said to have any bias in favor of the ussr. Turkishrussian relations have a long history of conflict. Therefore, the following declassified cia files that surprisingly confess in favor of the soviet union are particularly valuable.
The documents presented here cover the period from 1917 to 1953, the years when first lenin and then stalin ruled the soviet union. The baltic states, however, chose total independence. Please click on the image to access a short survey. Includes facsimiles and transcriptions of the documents, with options to search document transcription. Documents of soviet history sovdocs academic international press. The cold war was the crucible by which the united states was transformed into a global superpower and laid the basis for the national security state. Ussr our exact orientation was at an angle of 180 after emerging from shadow, orientation changed to a small inclination of 1 or 2 degrees. The states diversified industrial base and geographical proximity to transportation routes and other population centers made it well suited for wartime production needs. But the documents that the library of congress has here chosen from the 500 made available from the russian archives cover the entire range of soviet history from the october revolution of 1917 to the failed coup of august 1991. One hundred important documents in russian history.
The book by pavel polian, against their will, is the first systematic research of mass forced migrations in the ussr. Media in category documents of the soviet union the following 200 files are in this category, out of 222 total. Soviet history archive special 100th anniversary of the russian revolution pagespecial 100th anniversary of the russian revolution page. Burgess and anthony blunt contributed to the soviet cause with the transmission of secret foreign office and mi5 documents that. As in any modern archive, there is more bureaucratic verbiage and fewer instant revelations than one might hope for.
Navy and the naval historical foundation, held a public symposium today to discuss the trove of material included in cias recent release of previously classified documents about. The truth about the soviet gulag surprisingly revealed. Click on the year desired to view those published during that 12month period. Under ataturk relations improved he was a master balancer of the great powers. For the soviet union, stalins legacy meant that politically the soviet union remained an authoritarian, oneparty state and that economically it was focused. The 88th orbit now of the soyuz 19 spacecraft, in the 127th hour of its. The documents of those meetings were among the last efforts made to compromise on several major issues between the two parties and themselves became reference points in the polemic that followed. Food and other strategic deliveries to the soviet union. Based on newly accessible turkish archival documents, this book details the deterioration of diplomatic relations between turkey and the soviet union during world war ii. Lee library, brigham young university, provo, utah, usa. Soldiers in january 1980 in gardez, afghanistan, a month after the soviet union invaded. A new generation of communists will share her view. The second position is held by revisionist historians, who became more critical of us foreign policy.
History exam sample questions scoring guidelines and notes for documentbased question evaluate the causes of the beginning of the cold war between the u. Extracts from ussr cold war civil defense documents and allied response. Top 10 spookiest declassified project stargate documents. Early history of the soviet missile program 19451953 how ir evolved, inirial german influence 0. Cnews national aeronautics and space admlnistratlon washington. Economic problems continued under yeltsin 1990 1999. Political abuse of psychiatry in the soviet union wikipedia. Yes, everything is nominal, orientation light is lit. The national security council, taking cognizance of the vicious covert activities of the ussr, its satellite countries and communist groups to discredit and defeat the aims and activities of the united states and other western powers, has determined that, in the interests of world peace and us national security, the overt foreign activities of the us government must be.