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Title: Brendan Kiernan papers
Date (inclusive): 1980-1992
Collection Number: 2019C128
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and English
Physical Description:
6 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Brendan Kiernan papers (1980-1992) consist largely of political ephemera documenting the emergence of political plurality
in the late Soviet Union and early Russian Federation.
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 2022.
[Identification of item], Brendan Kiernan papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Kiernan is an American political scientist and consultant who conducted research in the Soviet Union and Russian Federation
in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes political ephemera, limited-distribution reports, analytical studies, promotional material, election posters, speeches,
appeals and leaflets produced by nascent political parties and movements in the late Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
and early Russian Federation.
The bulk of the collection is arranged in two series based both on Kiernan's original order and subject: "Materials relating
to the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" and "Materials relating to the Russian Federation."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Political parties -- Soviet Union -- History
Political parties -- Russia (Federation) -- History
Elections -- Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991
Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Posters
Speeches