HISTORY 100: FIG: Russia and America (Fall 2024) : Primary Sources

This collection of U.S. State Department Central Classified Files relates to commercial and trade relations beginning in the Tsarist Russia period and extending through Khrushchev period in Soviet history. It contains a wide range of materials from U.S. diplomats including materials on treaties, general conditions affecting trade, imports and exports, laws and regulations, customs administration, tariffs, and ports of entry activities.

Formerly classified U.S. government documents about efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

This collection consists of research and intelligence reports prepared during 1941-1961 on the USSR and consists of reports, studies, and surveys on various topics of interest to the U.S. Department of State. The reports vary from short memorandums to detailed, documented studies.

The collection consists of three FOIA ("Freedom of Information Act") files from the G.H.W. Bush Presidential Library, containing material related to the Moscow summit and the coup in August 1991 against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, files concerning the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and files containing materials on the meeting between President Bush and President Mikhail Gorbachev in Malta (December 2-3, 1989) and the subsequent meetings between President Bush and NATO leaders in Brussels (December 3- 4, 1989).

Collection of documents from the Digital National Security Archive of every formal exchange between U.S., Soviet, and Russian presidents from 1985-1991, leading to the peaceful ending of the Cold War. Contains Summit transcripts and private correspondence from both Soviet and U.S. sources.