We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
In exchange for the right to copy the Soviet Communist Party archives, the Hoover Institution gave Rosarkhiv microfilm of its entire collection of Russian archives. Here, Hoover deputy director Charles Palm presents the microfilm to Rudolf G. Pikhoia, Stauffer Auditorium, Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, March 23, 1993. In the background are boxes of microfilm to be shipped to Russia
Used with permission from the Hoover Digest
Charles G. Palm
About half way through the project, we lost him. In December 1995, the parliamentary election threatened to end the Yeltsin administration. Government opposition parties won 53% of the vote, while Yeltsin's supporters won only 38%. In January, Pikhoia, speaking on behalf of his Rosarkhiv collegium, notified me that our agreement was terminated. The Hoover project exposed a conflict in Russian society. On the one hand, many Russians were open to western ideas and collaboration with the West. At the same time, other Russians held xenoph...
