information from the Soviet archives

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Subject: Soviet archives
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 12:45:21 PST
From: Rex Buddenberg <budden () nps navy mil>


Will, John,


You might find this note interesting.
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Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 12:35:55 PST
From: grporter () nps navy mil (Gary R. Porter)
Subject: Soviet Archives


FYI,
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The following info on Soviet Archives was prepared by Everett Pratt, a
student in my Internet Lab Course.  I hope you find it interesteing.
.....Gary


Date: Mon, 7 Mar 94 11:42:32 PST
From: pratt () ece nps navy mil (Everett Pratt 09-94)
To: grporter () nps navy mil
Subject: Term Project


This project consists of a brief summary that explains a vast wealth
of information on the Soviet Union.  The resource is available from the
Library of Congress via anonymous ftp to the following address:
   seq1.loc.gov .
The files are soviet documents thathave been translated into english.
Much of this information could be very useful to students in the NSA
curriculums.  The files are all txt files and are easy to access.  The
path to the file listing is:
    pub/soviet.archive/text.english .
Several files I found interesting are listed below;
   c1police.bkg => provides background info. on soviet secret police
   w1sovper.bkg => provides background info. on soviet perspectives of
                    the Cold War
   v1pstwar.bkg => provides background info. on soviet estrangement
                   during the Cold War.
Note that each of these background files has an accompaning document
that goes into more detail.
Attached to this brief introduction is the README file.  This file gives
a current listing of all available files by subject.  It includes the
ftp address, path and file names.  Good luck and I hope you enjoy
reading some of this material.
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ftp     seq1.loc.gov   /pub/soviet.archive/README


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In this archive are files relating to a Library of Congress
exhibit of materials from the newly opened Soviet archives.
These files are available by anonymous ftp to seq1.loc.gov.


The text files are located in /pub/soviet.archive/text.english.
The files are grouped by topic.  First listed is a background
statement (.bkg files) setting the scene for the accompanying
English translation of the Soviet document(s) (.doc files).
These are translations of the same pages available as images,
and therefore are sample pages only, not complete documents.
The filenames and brief captions follow below.


Image files are located in /pub/soviet.archive/images.gif.
The images do not comprise the complete documents but are
sample pages from the documents.  A GIF viewer is needed to
see the images.  vpic48.zip is available in /pub/soviet.archive
along with qextract.exe if you need unzipping software as well.


General information about the Library of Congress and the
Soviet Archives exhibit in particular are available in
/pub/soviet.archive.  These files include:  about.lc (a
brief history of the Library of Congress), conferen.log
(a transcript of a live, online discussion held June 18,
1992 between the Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington,
Mr. Pikhoia of the Russian Archives, and users of America
OnLine from all around the U.S.), and libntro (the Librarian
of Congress' introduction to the Soviet Archives exhibit).


An online brochure of the "Revelations from the Russian
Archives" exhibit is also available in /pub/soviet.archive
in two formats: a DOS print file called handbook.iii to be
sent to a LaserJetIII printer, and handbook.ps to be printed
to a postscript printer on either the DOS or Macintosh
platform.  Since the brochure was created on DOS platform,
using a LaserJetIII printer, the best results are achieved
by printing the online brochure to a LaserJetIII printer
using the DOS copy command


      (copy/b filename lpt1).




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Original 25 Documents from the Soviet Archives
                             (Loaded ca. 6-17-92)
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INTERNAL WORKINGS OF THE SOVIET SYSTEM
       a0intro.bkg


REPRESSION AND TERROR: STALIN IN CONTROL
       a1stalin.bkg
       a2rykov.doc


REPRESSION AND TERROR: KIROV MURDER AND PURGES
       b1kirov.bkg
       b2bukhar.doc
       b3centcm.doc


SECRET POLICE
       c1police.bkg
       c2unprss.doc


GULAG
       d1gulag.bkg
       d2presid.doc


COLLECTIVIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION
       e1collect.bkg
       e2livest.doc


ANTI-RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGNS
       f1relcam.bkg
       f2gorky.doc


ATTACKS ON INTELLIGENTSIA: EARLY ATTACKS
       g1attack.bkg
       g2aleks.doc


ATTACKS ON INTELLIGENTSIA: RENEWED ATTACKS
       h1renatt.bkg
       h2novel.doc


ATTACKS ON INTELLIGENTSIA: CENSORSHIP
       i1censor.bkg
       i2list.doc


ATTACKS ON INTELLIGENTSIA: SUPPRESSING DISSIDENTS
       j1dissid.bkg
       j2paster.doc
       j3suslov.doc


UKRAINIAN FAMINE
       k1famine.bkg
       k2grain.doc


DEPORTATION
       l1deport.bkg
       l2tartar.doc


JEWISH ANTIFASCIST COMMITTEE
       m1antfas.bkg
       m2antfac.doc


CHERNOBYL'
       n1chernb.bkg
       n2constr.doc


PERESTROIKA
       o1perest.bkg
       o2gorby.doc


THE SOVIET UNION AND THE UNITED STATES
       p1intro.bkg


EARLY COOPERATION: AMERICAN FAMINE RELIEF
       q1usrelf.bkg
       q2politb.doc


EARLY COOPERATION: ECONOMIC COOPERATION
       r1ecncop.bkg
       r2commss.doc


SOVIET AND AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTIES
       s1comprt.bkg
       s2gitlow.doc


WORLD WAR II: WARTIME ALLIANCE
       t1warall.bkg
       t2molot.doc


WORLD WAR II: AMERICAN POW's AND MIA's
       u1uspow.bkg
       u2powtab.doc


COLD WAR: POSTWAR ESTRANGEMENT
       v1pstwar.bkg
       v2telegr.doc


COLD WAR: SOVIET PERSPECTIVES
       w1sovper.bkg
       w2compar.doc


COLD WAR: CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
       x1cuba.bkg
       x2jfk.doc


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Six Additional Documents from the Soviet Archives
                              (Added ca. 7-24-92)
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COLLECTIVISATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION:  CONDITIONS
ON A COLLECTIVE FARM
       aa1feign.bkg
       aa2feign.doc


PERESTROIKA: "UNITY--FOR LENINISM AND COMMUNIST
IDEALS"
       ab1unity.bkg
       ab2unity.doc


SUPPRESSING DISSIDENTS: POLITICAL PRISONERS
       ac1sakh.bkg
       ac2sakh.doc


KULAKS
       ad1kulak.bkg
       ad2kulak.doc


ACTION AGAINST "BLACK HUNDREDS" CLERGY
       ae1bkhun.bkg
       ae2bkhun.doc


KGB REPORT OF PUBLICATIONS HOSTILE TO SOVIET
GOVERNMENT
       af1bdlit.bkg
       af2bdlit.doc


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