Transcripts From Soviet Archives Volume I


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Transcripts From Soviet Archives, Kremlin Archives, Soviet Village through the eyes of CHEKA - OGPU- NKVD




STALIN - Transcripts from the Soviet Archives


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Transcripts are compiled from Selected Transcripts 1903 - 1951 from Soviet Archives, Vol I, thru, III Transcripts from the Soviet Archives, Vol I thru XIV, Politburo and the Church 1922 – 1924, Selected Secret Documents from Soviet Foreign Policy Documents Archives - 1919 to 1941




The Lost Politburo Transcripts


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Prominent Westen and Russian scholars examine the 'lost' transcripts of the Soviet Politburo, a set of verbatim accounts of meetings that took place from the 1920s to 1938 but remained hidden in secret archives until the late 1990s.




Islamic Culture and Pre-Islamic Beliefs in Central Asia


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The introduction of Islam ushered in an era of social and cultural change to the region. Some pre-Islamic sacred places have been transformed into Islamic ones, and the cult of saints absorbed elements of both local and Arab mythology. This volume which is a project initiated by the Balkan History Association, focuses on Islamic culture, traditions, and pre-Islamic beliefs in Central Asia. The chapters emphasize the importance of religious life, the significance of certain “sacred places,” and their role in the socio-spiritual life. The volume includes research spanning a period from antiquity to the Post-Soviet era to explore how landscapes of religious places and practices were interpreted and reinterpreted through time.




Finance Capital, Imperialism and War


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The study of modern, i.e., financial capitalism, must constitute, and to some extent already constitutes, the main part of the course of political economy in our general education schools. Meanwhile, in our book market there are still no textbooks for this most important part of the course. The present work is an attempt, at least in part, to fill this gap. Our book is a teaching aid and only a teaching aid. The author, of course, does not claim originality or independence of the conclusions - the work is based on the Leninist concept.







Lenin's Brain and Other Tales from the Secret Soviet Archives


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An enlightening look into the once-secret Soviet state and party archives that Western scholars first gained access to in the early 1990s. Paul Gregory breaks down a decades-old wall of secrecy to reveal intriguing new information on such subjects as Stalin's Great Terror, the day-to-day life of Gulag guards, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the scientific study of Lenin's brain, and other fascinating tales.