Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The Sources of Soviet Conduct
This sums up the ideas of containment. It is a telegram that was widely published.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Yalta Conference, Feb. 1945
This site from Fordham University gives the text of the Yalta Confernce. It has an outline of the agreements made.
Other
Hoover Institution: Documents From the Terror
Documents from the Hoover Institution detailing the gruesome details of the "reign of terror" that Stalin instituted against the Soviet people from 1936 to 1938 with some earlier and later accounts.
National Archives (UK)
Cold War: The Yalta Conference
Outline of proceedings that took place at the Yalta Conference. Features student questions.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: George Orwell's Animal Farm
This series of activities is designed to provide learners with an understanding of some of the key concepts they will need to explore "Animal Farm", including Orwell's own political views and the figures represented by the different...
Library of Congress
Loc: Cold War Estrangement
This site from the Library of Congress discusses the progress of World War II, and the nature of the postwar settlement at conferences in Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Joseph Stalin's Speech on Red Square 1941
The text of Stalin's speech on November 7, 1941 for the 24th anniversary celebration of the October Socialist Revolution.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Repression and Terror Stalin in Control
A nice Ibiblio.org site which details the political terror of Joseph Stalin's reign from 1927-1939. It also gives details on the murder of Sergei Kirov.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Documents Relating to the Nazi Soviet Nonagression Pact
Public and secret articles of the 1939 Nonaggression Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union are included on this resource. Copies of letters between Germany and USSR concerning the division of Poland, too.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Stalin's Speech on Anniversary of the October Revolution
Transcripts of Stalin's speech on Red Square celebrating the 24th anniversary of 1917 revolution. Within his speech, he speaks frequently of WWII and the battles with Germany.
Library of Congress
Loc: Repression and Terror
The Library of Congress provides an account of the murder of Kirov and how it led to the purges. Links to primary documents are included.
National Archives (UK)
National Archives: Stalin & Industrialization of the Ussr
This resource examines Stalin's role in industrializing Russia prior to World War II.
Library of Congress
Loc: Repression & Terror: Stalin in Control
Describes the repression implemented by Joseph Stalin to maintain tight control of Russia. It was a reign of arrests and execution.
InterKnowledge Corp.
The Soviet Era
Geographia presents a brief political and social history of Russia from the beginning of Soviet rule to the resignation of Gorbachev in 1990.
The History Place
The History Place:stalin's Forced Famine 1932 1933
Article examining the events surrounding the famine that Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union forced causing seven million deaths.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Totalitarianism: Stalin and Hitler
An account of the rise of totalitarianism with the despotic, brutal leadership of both Stalin and Hitler depicted.
Other
Music Under Soviet Rule
Historical information and composer information both appear here with reviews of CDs and purchasing links. Point of view is clearly anti-Soviet.
Yale University
Nazi Soviet Relations 1939 to 1941
Chronology of major events in Nazi-Soviet relations from 1939 to 1941.
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College: Links to Stalin
This site from the Mount Holyoke College provides a list of numerous links to sources covering a broad range of topics on Stalin.
Other
Russian Fighting Russian
Thousands of Russians volunteered their services to the Germans in their war against the Soviet Union. This article discusses the various volunteer units organized.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: "Industrialization of the Country, 1928"
Fordham University provides this site with information on Stalin's plan to industrialize and modernize the Soviet Union.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Animal Farm" by George Orwell
Animal Farm is an allegorical novel about the animals of Manor Farm that drive out the human farmers and assume control. As time progresses, the dynamic amongst the animals moves from unity and equality to tyranny. Selected (7) reading...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Stepanova, the Results of the First Five Year Plan
Have you ever wondered what came before Photoshop? After the First World War, artists in Germany and the Soviet Union began to experiment with photomontage, the process of making a composite image by juxtaposing or mounting two or more...