History of Relations between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in Documents from Serbian and Russian Archives

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DOI 10.28995/2073-0101-2018-2-630-639

Irina A. Konoreva, Igor N. Selivanov

Kursk State University, Kursk, Russian Federation

History of Relations between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in Documents from Serbian and Russian Archives

Abstract

The review characterizes two collections of archival documents published in Belgrade and Moscow. They contain materials on the history of Yugoslavo-Soviet relations in 1964-1980s from the Archive of Yugoslavia and the Russian State Archive of Contemporary History. The reviewed collections continue the series of publications of the Archive of Yugoslavia (‘Documents on Yugoslavia Foreign Policy’) and of the International Fund ‘Democracy’ (‘Russia: The 20th century’). The collections contain over 100 documents, most of which are published for the first time. They address problems of international relations and domestic policy of the two countries. These problems were discussed by the leaders of Yugoslavia and the USSR at their one-on-one meetings. These discussions allow to trace the process of establishment of mutually beneficial relations. There are materials on general problems of international relations, as well as regional issues: estimation of the role of the USA in the international affaires; impact of the Non-Aligned Movement; European problems; political situation in the Near, Middle, and Far East, and in the Southeast Asia; etc. The chronological framework include events of the Second Indo-Chinese War. The 2-volume collection includes I. B. Tito’s and L. I. Brezhnev’s assessments of the operations in Vietnam and their characterization of the American policy in the region. Its name index and glossary of abbreviations simplify working with documents. The materials of these collections may be of interest to professional historians, Master Program students specializing in history and international relations, who may use them as an educational resource, and post-graduate students researching issues of World and East-European history.

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Keywords

Source study of modern history, diplomatic history, history of Yugoslav-Soviet and Soviet-Yugoslav relations, archival documents on the problems of international relations, Tito, Brezhnev.

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Konoreva Irina Aleksandrovna, PhD in History, professor, Kursk State University, faculty of history, dean, Kursk, Russian Federation, +7-910-274-67-48, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Selivanov Igor Nikolaevich, PhD in History, professor, Kursk State University, world history department, head of department, Kursk, Russian Federation, +7-901-313-49-93, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Submitted 6.09.2017, published:

KONOREVA, I. A., SELIVANOV, I. N. Istoriya otnoshenii Yugoslavii i Sovetskogo Soyuza v dokumentakh serbskikh i rossiiskikh arkhivov [History of Relations between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in Documents from Serbian and Russian Archives. In Russ.]. IN: Vestnik arhivista / Herald of an Archivist, 2018, no. 2, pp. 630-639. doi 10.28995/2073-0101-2018-2-630-639

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