Selected Russian Declassified Archives—sino-Soviet Relations (Volume 1)

The 12-volume "Selected Russian Declassified Archives: Sino-Soviet Relations" is edited by Shen Zhihua, director of the Center for International Cold War History at East China Normal University, and includes a total of 2,625 Russian declassified archives from 1945 to 1991. Some of the documents are the only original copies in the world, and there are also archives that were declassified and opened to the public by some Russian archives in the last century, and then hidden deeply. The content covers the political and military situation in China in various periods, the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Korean War, and even the chilling Sino-Soviet relations and letters from leaders of both sides denouncing the war. It comprehensively collects the archives of Sino-Soviet relations. It also comes with a research-based introduction by the editor-in-chief and the editor's textual research and interpretation. It provides a set of precious first-hand historical materials for academics and those who want to understand the inside story of Sino-Soviet relations from World War II to the disintegration of the Soviet Union.