Soviet Biographic Archive, 1954-1985
- Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfiche CT1213.S651986 - (almost 3,000 microfiche)
Description
This collection is a reproduction of a biographical clipping archive maintained by Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty. It covers Soviet figures for the thirty year period between 1954 and the beginning of 1986.
The Soviet Biographic Archive is in alphabetical order by the last name of the individual profiled.
The Soviet Biographical Archive is a biographical resource containing information, culled mostly from the Soviet press, on some 50,000 individuals who were prominent in the Soviet Union between 1954 and early 1986.
Most of this collection consists of press clippings and wire service reports, together with a small amount of material from such miscellaneous sources as Soviet biographical handbooks and English, German, and French publications. About five percent of the materials included here are abstracts compiled by Radio Liberty staffers.
The materials which make up the Soviet Biographic Archive are written almost entirely in Russian, using cyrillic script.
Index/Guide
The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:none
