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Title: Igor Aleksandrovich Dashkevich papers
Date (inclusive): 1956-2008
Collection Number: 2013C8
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes
(2.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, samizdat publications, and photographs relating to political dissent in the Soviet Union and to
the establishment of independent labor organizations in post-Soviet Russia.
Creator:
Dashkevich, Igor Aleksandrovich, 1956-2008
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 2012.
[Identification of item], Igor Aleksandrovich Dashkevich papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Igor Aleksandrovich Dashkevich, a Russian dissident, journalist, and political activist from Saint Petersburg, was involved
in establishing independent trade unions and independent political and trade union publications during and immediately after
the collapse of the Soviet system.
As a representative of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) in Saint Petersburg
from 1993 to 1996, Dashkevich played an important role in uniting independent labor unions in the mid-1990s: so many had sprung
up by that time that no one could keep track of them. Through his periodical,
Nezavisimyi rabochii vestnik (
Independent Worker's Herald), Dashkevich maintained contact with those trade unions and published a field guide to them, making it possible for their
leaders to contact one another and seek ways to create a united labor front in Saint Petersburg.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Igor Aleksandrovich Dashkevich include personal and biographical documents, correspondence, and published and
unpublished manuscripts. The collection, through memoirs, interviews, samizdat publications, and other materials collected
by Dashkevich, documents the changing nature of samizdat published during the final years of Soviet rule and the emergence
of an independent press with a wealth of publications on dissident life in Leningrad in the 1980s.
The collection also includes information on workers' protests in the early 1990s, including the Saint Petersburg teachers'
strikes (1991 to 1992). Another side of Dashkevich's activity is seen in the materials relating to the Rubicon Library, as
he attempted to document the newly burgeoning free press and publications by independent organizations and preserve their
printed material in Western libraries. The latest documents in the collection relate to Dashkevich's arrest for participating
in political protests in 2007.
Whenever possible, the original folder titles given by the creator have been maintained (in transliterated Russian on the
physical folders, translated into English in this guide). Within individual folders, materials have been kept in their original
order as accumulated by the creator.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Labor movement -- Russia (Federation)
Journalists
Dissenters -- Soviet Union
Journalism -- Soviet Union
Journalism -- Russia (Federation)