Soviet Archives Research Project

Under this project we are studying the Soviet state and party archives to gain a basic understanding of the way the Soviet economic, political, and social system worked. The project's research fields have been designed around the strengths of the Hoover Institution's archival holdings in areas such as forced labor, party regulation and audit, the archives of "The Communist Party on Trial," and others.

Gregory and Zhou on How China Won and Russia Lost
Paul Gregory (Houston and Hoover), a leading researcher in Stalin's archives, and Kate Zhou (Hawaii), a specialist in Chinese affairs, have joined forces to consider "How China Won and Russia Lost"

Service on Trotsky
Robert Service's Trotsky: A Biography has been published in the United Kingdom in October by Pan Macmillan and in the United States in November by Harvard University Press

Harrison on the Lithuania KGB and Counter-Terrorism
"Counter-Terrorism in a Police State: The KGB and Codename Blaster, 1977," by Mark Harrison, is No. 59 in the PERSA series ...

Belova and Lazarev on Party Justice under Stalin
"Selective Justice: Party Control under Stalin," by Eugenia Belova and Valery Lazarev, is No. 58 in the PERSA series ...

Gregory on Stalin Versus Bukharin
"Boxing and Power Struggle: Bukharin Versus Stalin" is no. 57 in the PERSA series ...