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  • Title: Victor J. Yasmann papers
    Date (inclusive): 1959-2005
    Collection Number: 2014C8
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In Russian and English
    Physical Description: 132 manuscript boxes, 53 oversize boxes, 3 card file boxes (69.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Writings, radio scripts, reports, studies, clippings, other printed matter, digital files, sound recordings, and video tapes relating to radio broadcasting to Russia, political conditions in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia, and the Soviet/Russian secret police.
    Creator: Yasmann, Victor J., 1947-
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Access

    Box 18 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2013.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Victor J. Yasmann papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Biographical Note

    Victor J. Yasmann was a Radio Liberty research analyst on Russian internal and foreign policy, new political institutes and parties, Russian nationalists, political, industrial and financial elites, Soviet/Russian science and technology, Russian secret service, commercial legislation, and patent and intellectual property law. He is an author of The KGB Documents and the Soviet Collapse: A Preliminary Report and Gorbachev and KGB.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Victor J. Yasmann papers contain materials pertaining to the history of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia. It includes research material in form of studies, clippings, and other printed matter. The collection also contains many of Yasmann's writings, including drafts of his monograph, Gorbachev and KGB. There is also a considerable amount of materials relating to Yasmann's service as Radio Liberty research analyst on Russia. These papers include writings, radio scripts, reports, audio and video recordings relating to radio broadcasting to Russia, political conditions in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia, and Soviet/Russian secret police.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
    Audiotapes
    Video tapes
    Radio broadcasting -- Soviet Union
    Radio broadcasting -- Russia (Federation)
    Secret service -- Soviet Union
    Secret service -- Russia (Federation)
    Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1945-1991
    Radio Liberty