HIST 305: The Cold War

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From Brigham Young University

Summary transcripts of 705 interviews conducted with refugees from the USSR during the early years of the Cold War.

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Declassified documents available from the CIA's website.

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A guide to digital collections, with links to a number of Russian language sites. From the University of Texas Libraries.

Indiana University Bloomington has a large collection of Soviet military topographic maps. There is an interactive index map and IUB is in the process of digitizing the collection.

Soviet Union and Afghanistan topographic maps at 1:200,000. Developed with support from Chris Thiry at Colorado School of Mines.

This guide, from the Michigan State University Libraries, includes links to a number of major online map collections.

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From the Georgetown University Library