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Title: Fridrikh Igorevich Firsov collection
Date (inclusive): 1919-2006
Collection Number: 2007C20
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In various languages
Physical Description:
60 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(26.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photocopies of, transcripts of, transcripts of extracts from, and summaries of, official internal documents of the Communist
International. Includes copies of documents from records of various national Communist parties; sound recordings of interviews
with associated individuals; and notes and printed matter relating to the Communist International.
Creator:
Communist International
source:
Firsov, F. I. (Fridrikh Igorevich)
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.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2007.
[Identification of item], Fridrikh Igorevich Firsov collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Russian archivist and historian Fridrikh I. Firsov is a former Comintern specialist at the Central Party Archive, former
department manager of the Russian Center for the Preservation and Study of Documents of Most Recent History in Moscow, and
writer. He is best known for writing
Secret Cables of the Comintern,
The Secret World of American Communism,
34 goda v Institute marksizma-leninizma : Vospominaniia istorika,
Kommunisty protiv fashizma i voiny: k 40-letiiiu VII kongressa Kominterna , as well as many articles on the history of the Communist International.
Scope and Content of Collection
"Archive of Fridrikh Firsov sprang up as a result of more than 40 years' research work. The core of this work has always been
study of the History of the Communist International (Comintern). The main part of archive is extracts and copies of the documents
from the Russian State Archive of the Social-Political History (RGASP). They include materials of the inventory from Executive
Committee of the Comintern. Also, the archive includes the documents from KGB archive (criminal records of the repressed political
immigrants), materials from the Party Archives from Bulgaria and Democratic Republic of Germany. Constituent part of the private
archive is typewritten and printed articles of various authors, translated materials, copies of extracts from various books,
and reference sources. Every group of documents from the archives has its own reference enclosure.
The archive also includes the tape-recorded interviews with veterans of Comintern, interviews and presentations of Firsov,
and working diaries.
Furthermore, we have to recognize the copies of cipher gram of Comintern, known under name of Mask-material. These documents
were kindly presented to F. Firsov by Dr. John Haynes."
Source: "List of Materials in the Archive of Fridrikh Firsov," by F. Firsov and N. Soolkin, October 20, 2006. See Box 1.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Communism
Firsov, F. I. (Fridrikh Igorevich)