"What Saudi Arabia is to
oil, these records are to twentieth-century history" -- Time
Annals of Communism presents
selected documents concerning the history of Soviet and international communism
from Russian state and party archives. Virtually all the material contained in
these archives has never before been available to Western or even Russian
scholars The series spans the 75-year history of the USSR. Individual volumes
focus on various topics, from the reactions of ordinary citizens to forced-draft
industrialization and collectivization to the history of the Communist
International (Comintern), from the last days of the Romanovs to the GULAG
system, from victory in the Second World War to the collapse of the Soviet
bureaucracy in the Brezhnev period. Each book contains documents selected by
teams of Western and Russian editors which are published with scholarly
commentary, annotation, and interpretation in both an English-language edition
for Western audiences and a Russian-language edition for distribution in Russia.
Documents are selected not for their support of any single predetermined
interpretation, but for their historical significance or their value in
deepening understanding and facilitating discussion. We expect that the entire
corpus of Annals of Communism materials will constitute a new, comprehensive and
essential textbook for the further study of Soviet history and perhaps
the most important political phenomenon of twentieth-century world history, the
rise and fall of international Communism. The volumes are designed to be useful
to students, scholars and interested general readers.
Annals of Communism presents
selected documents concerning the history of Soviet and international communism
from Russian state and party archives. Virtually all the material contained in
these archives has never before been available to Western or even Russian
scholars The series spans the 75-year history of the USSR. Individual volumes
focus on various topics, from the reactions of ordinary citizens to forced-draft
industrialization and collectivization to the history of the Communist
International (Comintern), from the last days of the Romanovs to the GULAG
system, from victory in the Second World War to the collapse of the Soviet
bureaucracy in the Brezhnev period. Each book contains documents selected by
teams of Western and Russian editors which are published with scholarly
commentary, annotation, and interpretation in both an English-language edition
for Western audiences and a Russian-language edition for distribution in Russia.
Documents are selected not for their support of any single predetermined
interpretation, but for their historical significance or their value in
deepening understanding and facilitating discussion. We expect that the entire
corpus of Annals of Communism materials will constitute a new, comprehensive and
essential textbook for the further study of Soviet history and perhaps
the most important political phenomenon of twentieth-century world history, the
rise and fall of international Communism. The volumes are designed to be useful
to students, scholars and interested general readers.