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Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoi Flot photographs
2015C49
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Title: Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot photographs
Date (inclusive): 1955-1988
Collection Number: 2015C49
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photographs depicting Soviet naval leaders, ships, and sailors.
Creator:
Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2015.
[Identification of item], Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot photographs, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Soviet navy.
Scope and Content of Collection
The photographs, mostly black and white, cover all the Soviet fleets: Northern, Pacific, Baltic, Black Sea, and the Caspian
Flotilla, with the earliest photos from 1955 and the final series from 1988. The collection includes some photographs of ships
and sailors, but many more are of high-ranking naval officers during various official functions in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev,
and Sevastopol, as well as visits to such countries as Cuba, Indonesia, India, Yemen, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Most frequently
the photographs include the two top officers of the Soviet Navy of the Cold War era: Fleet Admiral Sergei Gorshkov, commander-in-chief
of the Soviet Navy for nearly thirty years, and the chief of the Political Directorate, Admiral Vladimir Grishanov. A few
photographs include top Communist Party and government leaders: Nikita Khrushchev, Nikolai Bulganin, Leonid Brezhnev, and
Nikolai Podgorny, as well as the leaders of Soviet satellite countries of the Warsaw Pact.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soviet Union -- Armed Forces -- Pictorial works