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Copy, with translation, of a letter of Dmitri Shostakovich to John McLeod.

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Identifier: Acc.10799
Scope and Contents

Concerns variations by McLeod on a theme from Shostakovich`s Fifth Symphony.

Dates: 1973.

Donation from Dr Steven Main comprising articles from Russian newspapers reporting on the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.

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Identifier: Acc.13624
Scope and Contents

Donation from Dr Steven Main (academic and consultant on Russian affairs) comprising articles from Russian newspapers reporting on the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum. Newspapers included in the donation include those from the Official Russian news agency ITAR-TASS, Izvestiia, a high circulation Russian daily newspaper and an independent military digest.

Dates: 2013-2014

Papers of Professor John Erickson concerning the `Edinburgh Conversations`.

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Identifier: Acc.13596
Scope and Contents Correspondence, memoranda and related papers, 1974-1997, concerning the ‘Edinburgh Conversations’ and Professor John Erickson`s involvement in them.John Erickson (1929-2002) was a British military historian and the West’s leading authority on the Soviet military during and after the Second World War. During the ‘Cold War’ he was one of the very few academics to earn the trust of both sides and a key channel for contact between the Soviets and the Americans.After...
Dates: c.1970s-1994

Papers of S Marshak.

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Identifier: Acc.3945
Scope and Contents

Including, chapter of autobiographical novel, "At the Beginning of Life", two poems and translations of poems of Burns and others.

Dates: 20th century.

Prints from original photographs of events in Russia, featuring Zinoviev and Béla Kun.

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Identifier: Acc.5435
Scope and Contents

Prints from original photographs of political events in Soviet Russia; many feature Grigori Evseevich Zinoviev, and the Hungarian communist leader Bela Kun; with a translation of the Russian comments on the verso of the original photographs, and xerox copies of these explanations.

Dates: Circa 1920.