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The Last Days of the War
This is the account of Nikolai G. Kuznetsov on the end of the war. He was the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union, and a participant in the Yalta Conference.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: United States History Since 1920: Truman Loyalty Oath, 1947
In March, 1947, President Truman issued an executive order requiring that all Federal employees take a loyalty oath swearing loyalty to the United States. This was a time of fear of Communists and the Soviet Union. Read the entire...
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Documents on the Grand Alliance
A collection of transcripts from meetings between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain during World War II in their efforts to defeat Germany and Japan.
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George Bush Presidential Library Foundation: Cold War Dare
A Cold War strategy game where you must make critical decisions about how much the United States should support the burgeoning democratic movement in Eastern Europe at the risk of provoking the ire of the Soviet Union. Has three levels...
National Geographic
National Geographic: The Impact of the Bay of Pigs Invasion on Fidel Castro
This lesson focuses on how the Bay of Pigs invasion influenced the attitude of Fidel Castro towards Kennedy and the United States. Includes role play, discussion, and research. Students then write a letter from Nikita Krushchev to Fidel...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Rosenberg Case
Primary source documents related to the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were charged with conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union, by passing on the secret of how to construct the atomic bomb. They were convicted and...
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Wilson Center: Euromissiles Crisis
A collection of documents exploring the tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Wilson Center: 1956 Polish and Hungarian Crises
A digital collection of documents that describe the uprising between the People's Republic of Hungary and Poland versus the Soviet Union.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Richard M. Nixon
The National Portrait Gallery explores the actions of presidents in regard to the Cold War. Read about the so-called anti-Communist warrior, Richard M. Nixon, and his opening of relations with Communist China. Watch Nixon's speech about...
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum: Space Program
In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik and had an astronaut orbit the moon a few years later. The U.S. was shocked and vowed to not be left behind. Examine how JFK rallied the country and Congress to get behind the race...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Operation Barbarossa: Survivors Testimonies
Click on a survivor's name to read eye-witness testimony of Operation Barbarossa. Operation Barbarossa was the Nazi's military invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Post War Estrangement
This site from Ibiblio.org provides information on the many different aspects of the cold war. Includes information on the Soviet prospective, post-war estrangement, and the Cuban missile crisis.
Library of Congress
Loc: Revelations From the Russian Archives: Wwii: Alliance
This site from the Library of Congress discusses the alliance between the Allies and the USSR after Germany chose to break an agreement and invade Soviet Union. Links to primary source documents are included.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Mikhail Gorbachev
A website containing the biography of Mikhail Gorbachev who was the leader of the Soviet Union who helped end the Cold War.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Leonid Brezhnev
Investigate the biography of Leonid Brezhnev who was the leader of the Soviet Union (Russia) during much of the Cold War on this site.
Curated OER
The Russian Battlefield: T 24 Medium Tank
Uncover the history behind the Soviet Union's T-24 tank used during World War II for training. This tank helped strengthen the tank building industry in the Soviet Union.
Curated OER
The History Place:stalin's Forced Famine 1932 1933
Article examining the events surrounding the famine that Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union forced causing seven million deaths.
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The Road Towards the Hitler Stalin Pact and Its Consequences
Essay describing the events surrounding the formation of the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact in 1939. From a non-English site, but this particular page is English-only.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Stalin and the Cult of Personality
Two lectures that provide a perspective on the Soviet people's fixation and emotional bond to Stalin and the intellectual repression he enforced to bring that about.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum: Events Leading to Blockade of West Berlin
Details on how the Marshall Plan was the major event that led to the blockade of West Berlin by the Soviets.
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Bucknell University: A Chronology of Russian History
An abridged timeline that details the history of Russia from 860 to present day.
PBS
Pbs American Experience: Race for the Superbomb
This site explores the Cold War race to develop the hydrogen bomb, a weapon that would change the world. Content details all the people who were involved in the race for the H-Bomb, as well as notable events during this time period....
BBC
Bbc: News: Collapse of the Ussr 10 Years On
Extensive information about the collapse of the USSR. Includes an interactive timeline from 1985 through 1991, an interactive map of the countries of the USSR with country profiles and timelines, eyewitness accounts of the collapse of...
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Hoover Digest: Inside Stalin's Darkroom
The article from the Hoover Digest provides accounts of the falsification of photographs, art, and records in Stalinist Russia from a book by David King, "the Commissar Vanishes."
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