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Media Files (Audio & Video)
Kennan Institute-National Public Radio
Russian History Audio Archive
The Kennan Institute and National Public Radio are pleased to announce the establishment of an online audio archive of Soviet and Russian history. The archive consists of recordings dating back to the earliest years of the Soviet state. Included are the voices and speeches of key political figures, including Lenin, Kerensky, Kirov, Beria, Stalin, Gorbachev, and others. Among the recorded interviews are Anna Larina (Bukharin's widow); Valentin Berezhkov, Stalin's wartime interpreter; Yelena Bonner, Sakharov's widow; and Lev Pevsner, a survivor of the Leningrad Blockade. There is also on-the-scene recorded sound of many events in Soviet history, including: the Russian and American armies meeting at the Elbe; Stalin's funeral; the August 1991 coup against Gorbachev.
The material comes from Soviet and Russian sources, the NPR archives, the archives of the BBC, and individual donors. Some of the material is in Russian, some in English. The archive is intended primarily as a teaching resource to enhance the classroom study of Russian and Soviet history. Let your students hear the voices of Stalin and Beria during your lectures. Bring your students to revolutionary Russia through the voices of eyewitnesses. Researchers may also find it useful to hear the actual voices of the people they are studying.
Simply click on the links below to begin playing the files. If you have trouble getting the files to play, try right-clicking and selecting "Save Target As" to download the file to your computer.
NOTE: The archive includes a two-part documentary history of the Soviet Union, which NPR produced in 1992, that can be used as a basic teaching aide in Soviet history courses. Each part is about 25 minutes long and was produced by NPR's Robert Rand and narrated by NPR's Anne Garrels (Russian Archive Reels 22 and 23).
Russian History Audio Archive, Part 1
Segment Title (Time)
Russian Archive Reel 01
Petrograd 1917, Eyewitness to Feb. Rev. (4:16)
Lenin's Secretary Remembers (In Russian) (2:30)
Eyewitness to Russian Rev. 1917-21 (8:01)
Eyewitness to Rus. Rev/Civil War 1917-21 (14:24)
HG Wells on USSR, 7/13/31 (2:44)
Trotsky on Stalin (in English), 1937 (3:22)
Bukharin's Wife Recalls Purges (In English) (0:34)
Churchill: Nazi Attack USSR, 6/22/41 (4:07)
Stalin Speaking 1942 (In Russian) (1:01)
BBC: Siege of Leningrad Lifted, 12/19/42 (1:35)
BBC: Siege of Leningrad, 12/3/42 (From Moscow) (2:43)
BBC: Siege of Stalingrad, 2/9/43 (4:31)
Stalin on Victory in Europe, 1945 (0:40)
BBC: US/Rus. Armies Meet at Elbe, 4/26/45 (1:03)
BBC: Red Army at Elbe April 1945. Eyewitnesses (5:45)
BBC: Rus, Amer. Armies Meet at Elbe (0:18)
BBC: Russians Surround Berlin, 4/25/45 (1:30)
Nazi Surrender: Russian Radio Coverage (10:48)
Lithuanian Resistance to Stalin (0:43)
Lithuanian Resistance to Stalin, 1949 (0:50)
Lithuanian Resistance to Stalin, 1949 (0:45)
Sound of Kremlin Chimes (1:13)
Russian Archive Reel 02
Radio Moscow Announces Stalin Death, 3/53 (0:21)
Sound From Stalin's Funeral, 3/53 (10:59)
Khrushchev Secret Speech: Pravda Ed., 1956 (0:27)
Rus. Invades Hungary, 1956 - Budapest-Sound (3:46)
Budapest 1956: Nagy Appeal (1:07)
Hungary 1956 - Freedom Song (1:27)
Sputnik Launch, 1957, Scene in Red Square (0:29)
Khrushchev at UN, Bangs Shoe, 10/12/60 (3:02)
Gagarin Returns From Outerspace: Newsreel (1:13)
Soviet Rocket Hits Moon, 1959 (1:30)
JFK Speech on Cuban Missile Crisis, 10/62 (0:38)
UN Confrontation - Cuban Missile Crisis '62 (0:22)
JFK Speaks to Nation on Cuba, 10/62 (0:58)
JFK Confronts Sov. Amb. on Cuba Missiles (1:08)
JFK On End of Cuban Missile Crisis, 10/62 (0:53)
Khrushchev Ousted. Radio Moscow, 10/15/64 (0:49)
Soviets Invade Czech Radio Prague, 1968 (1:40)
Sov. Invasion of Czech. BBC, 8/21/68 (1:40)
Radio Moscow on Invasion of Czech, 8/68 (0:29)
LBJ On Soviet Invasion of Czech, 8/21/68 (0:57)
Czech Student Appeal: August 22, 1968 (1:45)
Brezhnev at White House, June 22, 1973 (1:51)
Brezhnev at White House, 6/22/73 NPR (3:46)
Solzhenitsyn Arrested. BBC, 2/12/74 (1:49)
BBC Interview Andrei Sakharov, 4/6/78 (3:58)
Yelena Bonner on Brezhnev Era (0:24)
Anatoli Shcharansky Arrested, 7/14/78 (1:56)
Yelena Bonner on Life as a Dissident (0:40)
Yelena Bonner on Life as a Dissident (0:38)
Yelena Bonner on Life as a Dissident (0:51)
Yelena Bonner on Life as a Dissident (0:29)
Jimmy Carter on Afghan Invasion, 1/4/80 (0:14)
BBC Report on Afghan Rebel Attack, 10/82 (2:50)
Radio Moscow: Brezhnev Death, 11/11/82 Rept (0:36)
Reagan on Brezhnev Death, 11/11/82 (0:47)
BBC Report on Brezhnev Funeral, 11/82 (2:54)
Sound From Brezhnev Funeral, Nov. 1982 (1:45)
Andropov Replaces Brezhnev. BBC, 11/12/82 (0:20)
Russian Archive Reel 03
Gorbachev Gains Power: NPR Newscast, 3/11/85 (0:32)
Thatcher on Gorbachev, 1985 (0:34)
Gorbachev Speaks on Sov. TV, 12/31/87 (0:23)
Vitaly Korotich on Gorbachev, Perestroika (0:28)
Reagan, Gorbachev Sign INF Treaty, 12/87 (0:37)
Attack on Vilnius TV Tower, 1/13/91 (1:23)
Soviets Attack Vilnius: NPR, 1/13/91 (9:22)
Soviet Attack on Vilnius: Sound, 1/13/91 (4:17)
Soviet TV: Coup Vs. Gorbachev, 8/19/91 (2:24)
Yeltsin Speaks, Opposes Coup, 8/19/91 (4:15)
Russian TV Coverage of Coup, 8/19/91 (0:13)
Sound of Tanks, August 1991 Coup (0:25)
Russian TV on August Coup, 8/19/91 (5:40)
VOX at Russian White House: August Coup 91 (1:23)
Shevardnadze Speaks, 8/21/91 Coup (0:28)
August Coup: Tanks Change Sides (1:26)
Yeltsin at Russian Parliament, 8/21/91 (1:01)
Gorbachev Returns to Moscow, AIRPORT, 8/91 (1:26)
Yeltsin Coup Victory Speech, 8/22/91 (1:51)
Yeltsin, Gorbachev; CPSU Banned, 8/23/91 (5:37)
Minsk Accord Ends USSR, 12/8/91 (0:22)
Gorbachev Reacts to Minsk Accord, 12/8/91 (0:24)
Yeltsin: Gorbachev Should Resign, 12/21/91 (0:15)
Gorbachev Resigns. NPR Report, 12/25/91 (3:48)
Russian Archive Reel 04
Yeltsin Adviser on Russian Elections, 4/93 ( 5:23)
Russian Troops Pull Out of Berlin, 8/31/94 (8:20)
Russian Archive Reel 05
Pasternak Reads Poem "Night" (2:24)
Anna Akhmatova Reads, 12/10/65 (3:07)
Mayakovsky Reads Poems, 1935 (2:03)
Anthem of the Bolsheviks, 1937 (3:05)
Russian Archive Reel 06
Alexandra Danilova on Tsar, Revolution (12:43)
Russian Archive Reel 07
Memories of Lenin: 2 Old Bolsheviks (9:25)
Russian Archive Reel 08
Alexander Kerensky Interview, 1/25/57 (26:23)
Russian Archive Reel 09
Journalist George Seldes Recalls Lenin (17:55)
Russian Archive Reel 10
Bukharin's Widow: Interview, 2/12/92 (52:08)
Russian Archive Reel 11
Berezhkov: Stalin Interpreter, interview (23:40)
Russian Archive Reel 12
Leningrad Blockade: Survivor Talks, 4/1/92 (6:27)
Russian Archive Reel 13
Sergei Khrushchev on his Father, 2/14/92 (24:25)
Russian Archive Reel 14
Yelena Bonner Interview, 1/10/92 (40:42)
Russian Archive Reel 15
Posner: Eyewitness to August 1991 Coup (9:34)
Russian Archive Reel 16
KGB Eyewitness to August 1991 Coup, 1992 (5:38)
Russian Archive Reel 17
Lenin Speaks, 1919 (In Russian) (2:58)
Stalin Speaks, 1942. 25th Anniv of Rev. (1:02)
Trotsky Speaks, 1937 (In English) (3:16)
Ordzhonikidze Speaks, 1/31/35 (2:31)
Beria Speaks, 11/6/53 (6:19)
Kaganovich Speaks, 6/30/37 (7:40)
Stalin Speaks on German Invasion, 7/3/41 (21:15)
Stalin on Victory in Europe, 9/5/45 (0:28)
Stalin Speaks. Anti-German Remarks, 1941 (4:20)
Russian Archive Reel 18
Kalinin Speaks, 1938 (1:40)
Kirov Speaks, 1/17/34 (3:03)
Molotov Speaks at Stalin Funeral, 1953 (4:32)
Kaganovich Speaks at Kirov Funeral, 1934 (10:02)
Maxim Gorky Speaks, 1932 (3:08)
Malenkov Speaks at Memorial for Stalin (2:36)
Beria at Memorial for Stalin, 1953 (1:32)
Housewife Praises Stalin, 1937 (14:55)
Gorbachev Warns of USSR Collapse, 4/9/91 (18:43)
Russian Archive Reel 19
Yeltsin Speech: Day One of August 91 Coup (21:20)
Yeltsin Speech After Coup, 8/22/91 (7:01)
Russian Archive Reel 20
Yeltsin-Clinton News Conf, G7, Naples, 7/94
Russian Archive Reel 21
Yeltsin-Clinton News Conf, G7, Naples, 7/94
Russian Archive Reel 22
A History of the USSR: Pt. 1, Atc, 12/13/92 (24:26)
Russian Archive Reel 23
A History of the USSR: Pt. 2, Atc, 12/13/92 (26:59)
For more information contact the Kennan Institute.
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