Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Simonov, Igor Vladimirovich
- Abstract:
- Election campaign literature, Soviet criminal police records, serial issues, pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, studies, statistical data, and other printed matter relating to political conditions and elections in Russia, and especially to the Demokraticheskai͡a partii͡a Rossii. Also includes political campaign materials from Belarus.
- Extent:
- 18 manuscript boxes, 5 oversize boxes (14.6 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- In Russian
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Igor Vladimirovich Simonov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection includes election and campaign materials, statistical and focus group studies from the 1996 presidential election, the 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011 Duma elections, the 1996, 1999, 2003 St. Petersburg/Leningrad gubernatorial elections and the 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2007 St. Petersburg municipal legislature elections. Of particular interest are the "black PR" materials: surreptitious campaign literature designed and distributed by campaign supporters to discredit competing candidates. The collection also contains a strong subset of materials of the Democratic Party of Russia, especially its St. Petersburg branch, covering the period of 1994 to 2003.
- Biographical / historical:
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Igor Simonov is a political analyst active in St. Petersburg. He consulted on numerous candidates at the municipal and gubernatorial level and analyzed most of the major elections that took place in St. Petersburg, as well as some other cities, such as Pskov and Murmansk, in the 1990s and 2000s.
- Acquisition information:
- Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2014.
- Arrangement:
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The collection was arranged in files by Igor Simonov, his folder titles has been retained.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Igor Vladimirovich Simonov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563