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Russia and South Africa: Historical Memory. Part 2

Author:

Alexandra Arkhangelskaya, Daria Turianitsa, Vasily Sidorov, Vladimir Shubin

Abstract:

This part of a joint article contains a survey of the sources regarding the history of cooperation between the Soviet Union and the national liberation movement in South Africa in the Russian central archives. The main ones are the Russian State Archive of Modern History, the State Archive of the Russian Federation, the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History, the Russian State Archive of the Economy and the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation.

Keywords:

Soviet Union, African National Congress, archives, cooperation, military training.

DOI:

10.31132/2412-5717-2021-54-1-5-16

References:

1. Joint Declaration on the establishment of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Africa. http://en.kremlin.ru/supplement/1428 (accessed 20.12.2020)
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8. RSAMH, collection 4, inventory 16, file 847, p. 146.

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9. Ibid. p. 148.
10. RSAMH, сollection 4, inventory 18, file 1017, p. 61-63.
11. Ibid. Card file of the resolutions of the Secretariat f the CPSU CC, from minutes 52, i. 10 g, 22 December 1962 г.
12. RSAMH, collection 3, inventory 23, file 273, p. 10.
13. RSAMH, collection 5, inventory 63, file 592, p. 1-2.
14. N.P. Dagaev to the International Departments of the CPSU CC, 30 April 1965. RSANH, collection 5, inventory 50, file 694, p. 75-89. General Dagaev headed this department from 1962 to 1975. In 1992 it was reorganized into the Main Department of the International Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
15. RSAMH, collection 5, inventory 50, file 694, p. 74-89.
16. Ibid.
17. RSAMH, collection 5, inventory 50, file 694, p. 76.
18. Ibid, p. 77.
19. Ibid, p. 84.
20. Ibid
21. Ibid
22. Ibid, p. 82.
23. Ibid
24. Ibid, p. 86-87.
25. Ibid, p. 87.
26. Ibid p. 88-89.
27. Meanwhile, inventories of this collection under numbers 24, 25, 26 – (1946–1958), (1943–1957), (1939-1958) are for some reason not available to researchers.
28. SARF collection 5283, inventory 2, file 12, p. 111.
29. SARF collection 5283, inventory 2, file 12, p. 26.
30. SARF collection 5283, inventory 1, file 79, p. 114.
31. SARF collection 5283, inventory 1, file 79, p. 8.
32. Ibid, p.31.
33. SARF collection 9540, inventory 2, file 598, p. 95-97.
34. SARF collection 9540, inventory 51, file 3898, p. 19-20.
35. SARF collection 9540, inventory 1, file 658, p. 11. It was proved later that his trip was funded by Pretoria’s military intelligence.
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37. AFP RF. collection 145, inventory 15, folder. 3, д. 1, p. 5-6.
38. AFP RF collection 145, inventory 15, folder. 3, file 1, p. 4.
39. SARF collection 5283, inventory 2а, file 24, p. 380-382.
40. AFP RF collection 145, inventory 12, folder. 6, file 2, p. 1-3.
41. AFP RF collection 145, inventory 11, folder. 5, file 12, p. 2-4; inventory 12, folder 6, file 11, p. 4, 20-22.
42. AFP RF collection 145, inventory 12, folder 6, file 2, p. 5-7.
43. AFP RF collection 145, inventory 11, folder 5, file 12, p. 8-10.
44. AFP RF collection 145, inventory 12, folder. 6, file 2, p. 18-20, 26-28.
45. AFP RF collection 145, inventory 9а, folder. 2, file 1, p. 16.
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47. AFP RF collection 145, inventory 12, folder 6, file 2, p. 9-16.
48. AFP RF collection 145, inventory 18, folder 8, file 1, p. 3-12.

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