On 7 April 2025, the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library published declassified information which reveals that Nazi Germany planned to cooperate with representatives of the USA and Great Britain in a war against the USSR. The relevant document can be found on the institution’s website; the English translation is provided below. The declassified document is postedContinueContinue reading “Yeltsin Library Declassifies Nazi Plans to Cooperate with United States, Great Britain”
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Freshly Declassified Documents from the Yalta Conference to be Unveiled on 4 February
The Information Center of the Government of Moscow reported today that the GRU will be handing over declassified documents concerning the Yalta Conference to the Victory Museum. The following is the translation of the Information Center’s press release: On Tuesday, February 4, the Victory Museum will host an official ceremony to hand over archival documentsContinueContinue reading “Freshly Declassified Documents from the Yalta Conference to be Unveiled on 4 February”
Soviet Persecution of Family of Executed Ukrainian Writer Hnat Khotkevych
Please note: The English translation of Ukrainian names and placenames in declassified Russian-language material uses Russian spelling conventions rather than Ukrainian. This is not done with any intent to disrespect the Ukrainian language or people, but is merely a translation convention for historical documents of this sort. The following background information was translated from theContinueContinue reading “Soviet Persecution of Family of Executed Ukrainian Writer Hnat Khotkevych”
SVR Publishes “Declassified Documents” in Disinformation Campaign
On 5 December, the Russian Federation Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) published to its website a set of seven documents, supposedly declassified “Secret” documents from its many residents over the past few months. It’s a rarity for us at Translating History to come across such fresh meat, so to speak, so naturally we were intrigued. ButContinueContinue reading “SVR Publishes “Declassified Documents” in Disinformation Campaign”
Putin Secretly Awards Russian Spies from Slovenia: Declassified Materials
Today’s entry is a collection of material from “Razvedchik,” the official publication of the Russian Federation Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and the UNN (Ukrainian National News) website. Artem and Anna Dultsev, who worked under the guise of Argentines, received the Order of Courage from Putin, according to the magazine “Razvedchik”, the official publication of theContinueContinue reading “Putin Secretly Awards Russian Spies from Slovenia: Declassified Materials”
DETI: Details of Sabotage Missions Come to Light from Detained Soviet German-Trained Children
Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is the fourth in the series of documents translated. This is an undated five-page TOP SECRET report, probably written in September 1943, providing details of the arrest ofContinueContinue reading “DETI: Details of Sabotage Missions Come to Light from Detained Soviet German-Trained Children”
DETI: German-Trained Soviet Teens Parachute Into Kursk Oblast to Conduct Sabotage, 1943
Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is the third in the series of documents translated. This is a “Special Message,” marked TOP SECRET, dated 3 September 1943 on the arrest of three saboteurs trainedContinueContinue reading “DETI: German-Trained Soviet Teens Parachute Into Kursk Oblast to Conduct Sabotage, 1943”
RUSSIAN FSB PUBLISHES DECLASSIFIED WW2 DOCUMENTS ON GERMAN TRAINING OF ORPHANED SOVIET CHILDREN TO CONDUCT ACTS OF SABOTAGE
Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. The documents will be translated and published on this site over the coming weeks. The following is a translation of the introductory FSB article. Subsequent translated documents will beContinueContinue reading “RUSSIAN FSB PUBLISHES DECLASSIFIED WW2 DOCUMENTS ON GERMAN TRAINING OF ORPHANED SOVIET CHILDREN TO CONDUCT ACTS OF SABOTAGE”
1971 Ukrainian KGB Report Documents Grisly Discovery of Ukrainian Mass Burial Site in Bykvinya
The following is a declassified Secret report filed by Vitaliy Fedorchuk, at the time the Chairman of the Ukrainian Committee for State Security, regarding the discovery of the now infamous mass grave site in Bykvinya, near Kyiv. Following up on the news that a number of juveniles had unearthed gold dental work and skeletal humanContinueContinue reading “1971 Ukrainian KGB Report Documents Grisly Discovery of Ukrainian Mass Burial Site in Bykvinya”
Newly Declassified Documents: USSR Preparations for Emergency Touchdown of American Apollo Spacecraft on Soviet Soil
The following is the translation of an article from the Russian news website “3DNews – Daily Digital Digest,” which was originally published on 16 July. We’ve learned that the USSR was preparing the necessary equipment in the event of an emergency landing of an American Apollo spacecraft on Russian territory in 1975. This is shownContinueContinue reading “Newly Declassified Documents: USSR Preparations for Emergency Touchdown of American Apollo Spacecraft on Soviet Soil”
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