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    TitleUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) collection
    ReferenceSUBJ/USSR
    Date
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    Scope and ContentUSSR collection including:

    British Soviet Friendship Society - Programmes for celebrations held in London on 11 Nov 1951, 8 Nov 1953, 5 Dec 1953; Papers of the Manchester and District branch, including programmes for celebrations 1951, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1977; Programme of events for 1963-64; 1987 annual report; Manchester Peace Week 1985 exhibition guide; Trade Union Committee minutes, 1987 and other papers; Papers of branches, including Nottingham, Sheffield, Blackpool, Newcastle; Membership leaflets; Study guide to the history of the USSR by Andrew Rothstein

    Council of Action - photocopies of three circular letters and three flyers

    Joint Committee for Soviet Aid - Two programmes for events held in London in 1942; Programme for a meeting held in London on 19 Dec [no year]; Flyers

    Russia Today Society - Letter from Reg Bishop, Secretary to J Goldstein regarding the production of arms in the Soviet Union; Flyers

    Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR - Annual reports for 1978, 1983/84, 1984/85; Flyer for the book 'Soviet Humour'

    Workers' International Russian Relief - Receipt for Loan Bond No 250093; Loan Bond No. 250668okhin

    Papers relating to local solidarity campaigns in Aberdeen, Acton, Barrow, Birmingham, Hayes, Hornsey, Manchesster, Slough and including Islington Aid to Russia Week 1942; Leaflet in Russian exhorting Russian soliders to go over to the Allies in World War Two; Early Russian bank notes; Russian stamps; Miscellaneous papers

    Oversized Box 4 - Photocopies of correspondence between Frank Reddaway and various officials regarding his interests in Russia

    AA Folders 1-3: Women of Soviet Ukraine photoexhibition; Photostory about the Alyokhin family

    Digital recording: A people’s history of the Russian Revolution - Invisible Histories talk by Neil Faulkner (6 Dec 2017)
    Online talk: Russia is Burning: Poems of the Great Patriotic War - Invisible Histories talk by Maria Bloshteyn (8 Jul 2020)
    Extent1 box, 1 folder, 72 items and 2 digital recordings
    Physical descriptionRecording durations: 1 hr 13 min; 50 min
    LanguageEnglish
    Related object
    • A people's history of the Russian revolution
    • Verse from the battlefield: Russian poetry of the Great Patriotic War
    Persons keywordKataev, Valentin, Barrow Anglo-Russian Friendship Committee, Workers' International Russian Relief, British Soviet Friendship Society, Council of Action, Russia Today Society, Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR, Joint Committee for Soviet Aid, Ukrainian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, Faulkner, Neil, Bloshteyn, Maria
    SubjectInternational solidarity, Relief work, World War Two (1939-1945), Women, Russian Revolution (1917), Poetry
    Conditions governing accessOpen
    Levelfonds
    Normal locationAG USSR Box 18; Oversized Box 5 (USSR); AA Drawer 6 USSR Folders 1-3; Digital Resource
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    Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) collection

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