Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Dashkevich, Igor Aleksandrovich, 1956-2008
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, writings, samizdat publications, and photographs relating to political dissent in the Soviet Union and to the establishment of independent labor organizations in post-Soviet Russia.
- Extent:
- 7 manuscript boxes (2.9 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- Russian
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Igor Aleksandrovich Dashkevich papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The papers of Igor Aleksandrovich Dashkevich include personal and biographical documents, correspondence, and published and unpublished manuscripts. The collection, through memoirs, interviews, samizdat publications, and other materials collected by Dashkevich, documents the changing nature of samizdat published during the final years of Soviet rule and the emergence of an independent press with a wealth of publications on dissident life in Leningrad in the 1980s.
The collection also includes information on workers' protests in the early 1990s, including the Saint Petersburg teachers' strikes (1991 to 1992). Another side of Dashkevich's activity is seen in the materials relating to the Rubicon Library, as he attempted to document the newly burgeoning free press and publications by independent organizations and preserve their printed material in Western libraries. The latest documents in the collection relate to Dashkevich's arrest for participating in political protests in 2007.
Whenever possible, the original folder titles given by the creator have been maintained (in transliterated Russian on the physical folders, translated into English in this guide). Within individual folders, materials have been kept in their original order as accumulated by the creator.
- Biographical / historical:
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Igor Aleksandrovich Dashkevich, a Russian dissident, journalist, and political activist from Saint Petersburg, was involved in establishing independent trade unions and independent political and trade union publications during and immediately after the collapse of the Soviet system.
As a representative of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) in Saint Petersburg from 1993 to 1996, Dashkevich played an important role in uniting independent labor unions in the mid-1990s: so many had sprung up by that time that no one could keep track of them. Through his periodical, Nezavisimyi rabochii vestnik (Independent Worker's Herald), Dashkevich maintained contact with those trade unions and published a field guide to them, making it possible for their leaders to contact one another and seek ways to create a united labor front in Saint Petersburg.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2012.
- 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 Aleksandrovich Dashkevich 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