National Public Radio and the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies are pleased to announce the establishment of an audio archive of Soviet and Russian history. The archive consists of recordings dating back to the earliest years of the Soviet state. Included are the voices and speeches of key political figures, including Lenin, Kerensky, Kirov, Beria, Stalin, Gorbachev and others. Among the recorded interviews are Anna Larina (Bukharin's widow); Valentin Berezhkov, Stalin's wartime interpreter; Yelena Bonner, Sakharov's widow; and Lev Pevsner, a survivor of the Leningrad Blockade. There is also on-the-scene recorded sound of many events in Soviet history, including: the Russian and American armies meeting at the Elbe; Stalin's funeral; the August, 1991 coup against Gorbachev.
The material comes from Soviet and Russian sources, from the NPR archives, from the archives of the BBC, and from individual donors. Some of the material is in Russian, some in English.
The archive is intended primarily as a teaching resource to enhance the classroom study of Russian and Soviet history. Let your students hear the voices of Stalin and Beria during your lectures. Bring your students to revolutionary Russia through the voices of eyewitnesses. Researchers may also find it useful to hear the actual voices of the people they're studying.
Audio cassettes of anything in the archive can be ordered by phone or mail. The archive is organized by "reels" (see below), and audio cassettes will include the entire contents of one reel.
NOTE: The archive includes a two-part documentary history of the Soviet Union, which NPR produced in 1992, that can be used as a basic teaching aide in Soviet history courses. Each part is about 25 minutes long and was produced by NPR's Robert Rand and narrated by NPR's Anne Garrels. (to purchase, order Russian Archive Reels 22 and 23).
To order archive material by credit card (VISA or MasterCard), please call NPR's Audience Services at 202-414-3232, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET, or fax the order to 202-414-3046. You may also mail in a check or money order, payable to National Public Radio. Please indicate the Russian Archive Reel number and segment title(s) you want, and mark the envelope "tape." Send your requests to:
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Each Program Tape costs $12.95 plus $2.50 shipping and handling. It normally takes four-six weeks to process orders.
Visitors to Washington can listen to the archive tapes at the Kennan Institute's library.
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RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 PETROGRAD 1917, EYEWITNESS TO FEB REV 001 4:16
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 LENIN'S SECRETARY REMEMBERS (RUSSIAN) 002 2:30
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 EYEWITNESS TO RUSSIAN REV 1917-21 003 8:01
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 EYEWITNESS TO RUS REV/CIVIL WAR 1917-21 004 14:24
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 HG WELLS ON USSR 7/13/31 005 2:44
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 TROTSKY ON STALIN, IN ENGLISH,1937 006 3:22
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 BUKHARIN'S WIFE RECALLS PURGES (ENG) 007 :34
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 CHURCHILL RE NAZI ATTACK ON USSR 6/22/41 008 4:07
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 STALIN SPEAKING 1942 (IN RUSSIAN) 009 1:01
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 SIEGE OF LENINGRAD LIFTED 12/19/42 (BBC) 010 1:35
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 SIEGE OF LENINGRAD 12/3/42 FROMMOSCO(BBC 011 2:43
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 SIEGE OF STALINGRAD 2/9/43 (BBC) 012 4:31
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 STALIN ON VICTORY IN EUROPE-1945 013 :40
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 BBC:US/RUS ARMIES MEET AT ELBE;4/26/45 014 1:03
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 RED ARMY AT ELBE (APRIL 1945) 015 5:45
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 BBC: RUS, AMER ARMIES MEET AT ELBE 016 :18
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 BBC: RUSSIANS SURROUND BERLIN 4/25/45 017 1:30
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 NAZI SURRENDER:RUSSIAN RADIO COVERAGE 018 10:48
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 LITHUANIAN RESISTANCE TO STALIN 019 :43
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 LITHUANIAN RESISTANCE TO STALIN-1949 020 :50
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 LITHUANIAN RESISTANCE TO STALIN-1949 021 :45
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 01 SOUND OF KREMLIN CHIMES 022 1:13
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 RADIO MOSCOW ANNOUNCES STALIN DEATH 3/53 001 :21
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 SOUND FROM STALIN'S FUNERAL 3/53 002 10:59
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 KHRUSHCHEV SECRET SPEECH: PRAVDA ED 1956 003 :27
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 RUSSIA INVADES HUNGARY/BUDAPEST 1956 004 3:46
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 BUDAPEST 1956:NAGY APPEAL 005 1:07
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 HUNGARY 1956 - FREEDOM SONG 006 1:27
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 SPUTNIK LAUNCH,1957, SCENE IN REDSQUARE 007 :29
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 KHRUSHCHEV AT UN,BANGS SHOE.10/12/60 008 3:02
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 GAGARIN RETURNS FROM OUTERSPACE:NEWSREEL 009 1:13
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 SOVIET ROCKET HITS MOON. 1959. 010 1:30
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 JFK SPEECH ON CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS.10/62 011 :38
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 UN CONFRONTATION-CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS'62 012 :22
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 JFK SPEAKS TO NATION ON CUBA. 10/62 013 :58
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 JFK CONFRONTS SOV AMB. ON CUBA MISSILES 014 1:08
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 JFK ON END OF CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 10/62 015 :53
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 KHRUSHCHEV OUSTED.RADIOMOSCOW.10/15/64 016 :49
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 SOVIETS INVADE CZECH.RADIO PRAGUE,1968 . 017 1:40
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 SOV.INVASION OF CZECH.BBC.8/21/68 018 1:40
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 RADIO MOSCOW ON INVASION OF CZECH.8/68 019 :29
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 LBJ ON SOVIET INVASION OF CZECH.8/21/68 020 :57
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 CZECH STUDENT APPEAL: AUGUST 22,1968 021 1:45
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 BREZHNEV AT WHITE HOUSE JUNE 22, 1973 022 1:51
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 BREZHNEV AT WHITE HOUSE. 6/22/73 NPR 023 3:46
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 SOLZHENITSYN ARRESTED.BBC.2/12/74 024 1:49
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 BBC INTERVIEW ANDREI SAKHAROV.4/6/78 025 3:58
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 YELENA BONNER ON BREZHNEV ERA 026 :24
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 ANATOLI SHCHARANSKY ARRESTED. 7/14/78 027 1:56
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 YELENA BONNER ON LIFE AS A DISSIDENT 028 :40
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 YELENA BONNER ON LIFE AS A DISSIDENT 029 :38
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 YELENA BONNER ON LIFE AS A DISSIDENT 030 :51
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 YELENA BONNER ON LIFE AS A DISSIDENT 031 :29
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 JIMMY CARTER ON AFGHAN INVASION.1/4/80 032 :14
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RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 BBC REPORT ON AFGHAN REBEL ATTACK. 10/82 033 2:50
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 RADIO MOSCOW:BREZHNEV DEATH.11/11/82REPT 034 :36
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 REAGAN ON BREZHNEV DEATH. 11/11/82 035 :47
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 BBC REPORT ON BREZHNEV FUNERAL 11/82 036 2:54
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 SOUND FROM BREZHNEV FUNERAL. NOV. 1982 036 1:45
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 02 ANDROPOV REPLACES BREZHNEV.BBC.11/12/82 037 :20
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 GORBACHEV GAINS POWER:NPRNEWSCAST3/11/85 001 :32
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 THATCHER ON GORBACHEV - 1985 002 :34
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 GORBACHEV SPEAKS ON SOV TV: 12/31/87 003 :23
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 VITALY KOROTICH ON GORBACHEV,PERESTROIKA 004 :28
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 REAGAN, GORBACHEV SIGN INF TREATY 12/87 005 :37
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 ATTACK ON VILNIUS TV TOWER:1/13/91 006 1:23
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 SOVIETS ATTACK VILNIUS: NPR 1/13/91 007 9:22
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 SOVIET ATTACK ON VILNIUS:SOUND/1-13-91 008 4:17
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 SOVIET TV:COUP VS. GORBACHEV 8/19/91 009 2:24
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 YELTSIN SPEAKS, OPPOSES COUP 8/19/91 010 4:15
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 RUSSIAN TV COVERAGE OF COUP, 8/19/91 011 :13
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 SOUND OF TANKS, AUGUST 1991 COUP 012 :25
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 RUSSIAN TV ON AUGUST COUP-8/19/91 013 5:40
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 VOX AT RUSSIAN WHITEHOUSE: AUGUST COUP91 014 1:23
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 SHEVARDNADZE SPEAKS: 8/21/91COUP 015 :28
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 AUGUST COUP: TANKS CHANGE SIDES 016 1:26
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 YELTSIN AT RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT: 8/21/91 017 1:01
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 GORBACHEV RETURNS TO MOSCOW/AIRPORT 8/91 018 1:26
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 YELTSIN COUP VICTORY SPEECH: 8/22/91 019 1:51
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 YELTSIN,GORBACHEV;CPSU BANNED.8.23.91 020 5:37
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 MINSK ACCORD ENDS USSR. 12/8/91 021 :22
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 GORBACHEV REACTS TO MINSK ACCORD 12/8/91 022 :24
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 YELTSIN:GORBACHEV SHOULD RESIGN.12/21/91 023 :15
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 03 GORBACHEV RESIGNS.NPR REPORT.12-25-91 024 3:48
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 04 YELTSIN ADVISER ONRUSSIAN ELECTIONS.4/93 001 5:23
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 04 RUSSIAN TROOPS PULLOUT OF BERLIN.8/31/94 002 8:20
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 05 PASTERNAK READS POEM "NIGHT" 001 2:24
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 05 ANNA AKHMATOVA READS. 12/10/65 002 3:07
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 05 MAYAKOVSKY READS POEMS. 1935. 003 2:03
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 05 ANTHEM OF THE BOLSHEVIKS. 1937 004 3:05
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 06 ALEXANDRA DANILOVA ON TSAR,REVOLUTION 001 12:43
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 07 MEMORIES OF LENIN: 2 OLD BOLSHEVIKS 001 9:25
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 08 ALEXANDER KERENSKY INTERVIEW. 1/25/57 001 26:23 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 09 JOURNALIST GEORGE SELDES RECALLS LENIN 001 17:55 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 10 BUKHARIN'S WIDOW: INTERVIEW.2/12/92 001 52:08 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 11 BEREZHKOV:STALIN INTERPRETER,INTERVIEW 001 23:40 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 12 LENINGRAD BLOCKADE:SURVIVOR TALKS.4/1/92 001 6:27 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 13 SERGEI KHRUSHCHEV ON HIS FATHER.2/14/92 001 24:25
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 14 YELENA BONNER INTERVIEW. 1/10/92 001 40:42 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 15 POSNER:EYEWITNESS TO AUG.1991 COUP 001 9:34 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 16 KGB EYEWITNESS TO AUGUST 1991 COUP.1992 001 5:38 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 17 LENIN SPEAKS. 1919. IN RUSSIAN 001 2:58 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 17 STALIN SPEAKS. 1942.25TH ANNIV OF REV. 002 1:02 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 17 TROTSKY SPEAKS, ENGLISH, 1937 003 3:16 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 17 ORDZHONIKIDZE SPEAKS. 1/31/35 004 2:31 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 17 BERIA SPEAKS. 11/6/53 005 6:19 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 17 KAGANOVICH SPEAKS. 6/30/37 006 7:40
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 17 STALIN SPEAKS ON GERMAN INVASION.7/3/41 007 21:15
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RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 17 STALIN ON VICTORY IN EUROPE.9/5/45 008 :28 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 17 STALIN SPEAKS. ANTI-GERMAN REMARKS.1941 009 4:20 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 18 KALININ SPEAKS 1938 001 1:40 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 18 KIROV SPEAKS. 1/17/34 002 3:03 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 18 MOLOTOV SPEAKS AT STALIN FUNERAL.1953 003 4:32 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 18 KAGANOVICH SPEAKS AT KIROV FUNERAL.1934 004 10:02 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 18 MAXIM GORKY SPEAKS. 1932 005 3:08 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 18 MALENKOV SPEAKS AT MEMORIAL FOR STALIN 006 2:36 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 18 BERIA AT MEMORIAL FOR STALIN. 1953 007 1:32 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 18 HOUSEWIFE PRAISES STALIN.1937 008 14:55
RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 18 GORBACHEV WARNS OF USSR COLLAPSE.4/9/91 009 18:43 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 19 YELTSIN SPEECH: DAY ONE OF AUG. 91 COUP 001 21:20 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 19 YELTSIN SPEECH AFTER COUP.8/22/91 002 7:01 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 20 YELTSIN-CLINTON NEWS CONF.G7.NAPLES.7/94 001 60:00 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 21 YELTSIN-CLINTON NEWSCONF.G7.NAPLES.7/94 001 60:00 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 22 A HISTORY OF THE USSR: PT.1.ATC 12/12/92 001 24:26 RUSSIAN ARCHIVE REEL 23 HISTORY OF THE USSR:PART TWO.ATC12/13/92 001 26:59