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Latin American Materials in the Comintern Archive

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

Erik Ching
Affiliation:
Furman University
Jussi Pakkasvirta
Affiliation:
Ibero-American Center, University of Helsinki
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With the collapse of the Soviet Union, restrictions on archives in Russia have diminished markedly. Some of the repositories have potential interest for Latin Americanists, including the Comintern Archive. This research note discusses the objectives of the archive and the types of material it contains. A list of the major collections relevant to Latin America is followed by comments on how to use the archive and websites that will facilitate research in Russia. Also provided are bibliographic references to academic studies on Latin America based on Comintern materials.

Type
Research Reports and Notes
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 by the University of Texas Press

Footnotes

The authors would like to thank Russian scholar Victor Jeifets of Sankt Peterburg State University, Reiner Tosstorff of the Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany, and Kimmo Rentola of the Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki, for their comments on earlier drafts of this research note.

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