Opening the Russian Archives

After the 1991 coup attempt in Russia (the "August Putsch"), papers documenting decades of Soviet rule and the Communist Party were secured and made available for study. This clip features James Billington and Rudolf Pikhoia.

Source: Documentaries about 20th-century Russian history financed by Glenn R. Jones, an American cable TV magnate and conservative Republican, in partnership with the Library of Congress in the early 1990s.

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