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Title: Vadim Vasil'evich Volkov papers
Date (inclusive): 1989-2008
Collection Number: 2013C31
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes
(1.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Minutes, manifestos, programmatic statements, internal documents, and printed matter, relating to political activities of
the Leningradskiĭ narodnyĭ front and of the Rossiĭskai͡a ob'edinennai͡a sot͡sial-demokraticheskai͡a partii͡a and its predecessors,
and to trade unions in Russia.
Creator:
Volkov, Vadim Vasil'evich, 1944-2010
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 2013.
[Identification of item], Vadim Vasil'evich Volkov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Vadim Vasil'evich Volkov (1944-2010), a Leningrad/St. Petersburg political figure, was active in the late- and post-Soviet
political opposition and trade union movements. He helped form the Leningrad Popular Front (Leningradskii narodnyi front)
in 1988 and in 1990 worked with the Movement for Democratic Reform (Dvizhenie demokraticheskikh reform) and later the Yabloko
political party. In 1994 he joined the Social Democratic Party of Russia (Sotsial-demokraticheskaia partiia Rossii), which
later split; he then became one of the founders of the Social-Democratic Union of St. Petersburg (he also became editor of
the union's newspaper). In 2000, partly as a result of Volkov's efforts, his and other social-democratic parties combined
to form the Russian United Social-Democratic Party (Rossiiskaia ob"edinennaia sotsial-demokraticheskaia partiia). Aside from
party activities, he participated in the organizational work of trade unions, where he was known for his centrist views and
antagonism to extremists.
The collection contains minutes of meetings of the various political parties and groups to which Volkov belonged, as well
as manifestos, programs, and other materials derived from social-democratic activity. A small but significant part of the
collection concerns the emergence of the Leningrad Popular Front and related organizations during the perestroika period.
There is also a good deal of printed matter (serials and ephemera) produced by social-democratic organizations and trade unions,
most of it rare and unique outside the Russian Federation.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Labor movement -- Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Rossiĭskai͡a ob'edinennai͡a sot͡sial-demokraticheskai͡a partii͡a
Leningradskiĭ narodnyĭ front