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USSR in Primary Sources

Guide to researching early modern and modern European History at Boston College.

What's on This Page

This page has a lot on it. You can use the following anchors (links down the page) to jump straight to a relevant box.

Broad Collections

Essential Broad Russian Collections

Digital Libraries and Archives about Soviet Russia

Data & Statistics

For access to additional datasets, visit out Historical Data & Statistics page.

Document Collections and Readers

Russian Revolution

The shelves in O'Neill library around DK265 have additional source books and readers.

USSR

Soviet Leaders and Thinkers

Films and Video

News: Newspapers and Periodicals

World News, including Russia

For historical newspapers and television, visit BC Libraries' Historical News page.

Soviet Period

Gov. Docs. and State Papers

Photographs and other Images

Posters

Human Rights

For additional suggestions, visit BC Libraries' Human Rights History research guide.

International Organizations

For additional international organizations' primary source sets, see the cooresponding Global History Research Guide.

Additional Documents

Topics: U.S. Foreign Relations

Burns Box

 

In our very own special collections library (Burns), you'll find a selection of material on your topic. Consider visiting the library and seeing history in your hands. To do so, you should start by searching for material through BC Libraries' catalog and then ordering it (if you haven't registered, you'll be prompted). For a guide on the process, check out the "Finding Burns Material" page.  You might also check out the following recommendations: 

U.S. Views of the USSR