John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
Somewhere within is the tale of the little girl and wrote to JFK telling him she'd heard the Soviets were testing nuclear weapons at the North Pole, and she was afraid Santa would be hurt. He wrote her back and told her Santa was fine. Boy, he really had connections, that Jack Kennedy.
Stalin-era Research and Archives (University of Toronto)
National Aeronatic & Space Administration (US)
Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum
(check this web layout, man, it's grroooovy!)
By the way, I'm certain I will eventually have every Cold War presidential library up....from Truman to at least Bush 41 and perhaps Clinton, given his friendship with Yeltsin and aid we gave the Soviets during that time (also the impact the war in Kosovo may have had on US / Russia relations). At this time I'm only putting them in as they seem to correspond to the research I'm doing with interviews.
The CONELRAD CAfe: Podcasts of PSAs, songs, and dramas about the cold war
"The government is functioning under certain extraordinary circumstances....until then, I urge you to stay in shelters and obey all local curfews. God bless you all." --Not the Real President of the United States from "The Day After", 1980s
"It's party time in my radiation station." Fallout Shelter, a rocking little PSA, sung by Peter Scott Peters.
CYBER USSR
Cyber Yugoslavia might have finally disappeared leaving behind a wave of cyber refugees with goofy ministerial titles, but Cyber USSR appears to have had a tiny update as late as September 2007. This site is very tongue in cheek, with a great deal of affection. You want to find a translation of an English story that children read in school that seems to leave a few of the minor (non horrific) details out? Absolutely HAVE to hear Stalin's favorite folk song, Suliko, now? Need comfort from Paul Robeson's English translation of the Soviet National Anthem? Want to see the hidden scripts of a film by Oliver Stonesky about a good man assassinated by the government so they could go on with their murdering ways....."Kirov"? (Hey, KIROV...that's my license plate! How did Olvier Stonesky know? asks Kelly Ivanovna).
Well, if these are your concerns, or if you just need a 10 letter Russian word for "denounce" for the Sunday Pravda crossword puzzle, keep http://www.cyberussr.com/rus/index.html close by on your favorites list. It is sort of a kinder, gentler People's Cube.
(Not that I'm saying that the People's Cube does not provide Correct Opinions for Progressive people...or that The Fearless Leader is in anyway unkind or ungentlewomanly....please don't turn me in.... I don't have warm clothes and a shovel....I will tow the line, I will tow the line....)
Russian Space Agency
Russian Archives (like, film archives, not. like, kgb archives) online
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