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Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

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Soviet Union

Executive Committee of the National Security Committee during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Cuba's National Capitol Building, January 2010.

Central America and Caribbean

Cuba

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Zakharov, M.V. (Matvei Vasilevich)

1898- 1972

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Malinovsky, Rodion

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Ivanov, S. P.

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Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Photograph of 38th parallel crossing during Korean War

Korean War, 1950-1953

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

Gyeongbokgung

East Asia

South Korea

Kim Il Sung, 1978

Kim, Il Sung

1912- 1994

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Ivanov, V.D.

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Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Mao, Zedong

1893- 1976

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Photograph of Korean War armistice signing

Korean War Armistice

Chinese troops cross the Yalu River, 1950, to fight in the Korean War.

China and the Korean War

Sino-Soviet Relations

Koreans displaced during World War II return home

Allied Occupation of Korea, 1945-1948

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November 28, 1962	Letter, Chief of the Operations Group in the Port of Baltiysk Vice Admiral Mel'nikov to Comrade S.P. Ivanov, attaching a trip report of the motorship 'Volgoles' A detailed report following the motorship Volgoles from 4 October to 24 November 1962. The report includes information about US overflights and inspections of the motorship. Various shortcomings of the Soviet effort in Cuba are also mentioned.
November 16, 1962	Letter, P.V. Akindinov to the Chief of General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the USSR A cover letter from the Chief of Headquarters in Cuba indicating that he is submitting photos of the withdrawal of Soviet troops and the destruction of Soviet launchpads in Cuba.
October 28, 1962	Note, R. Malinovsky to Comrade N.S. Khruschev [about a US U-2 Aircraft] A letter to Khrushchev detailing the shooting down of a US U-2 aircraft that attempted to take photographs of Soviet troops on the island of Cuba.
August 1962	Instructions from Marshal of the Soviet Union A. Grechko to the Commanding General of the Soviet Troops on the Island of Cuba Marshal of the Soviet Union A. Grechko provides strict guidance on the personal and professional conduct of Soviet troops stationed in Cuba.
1962	Report, S. Biryuzov to Marshal of the Soviet Union Cde. R. Ya. Malinovsky on Some Conclusions and Suggestions concerning the Operations of the Missile Troops in Operation 'Anadyr''
April 2, 1963	Report from General-Lieutenant of Aviation Lovkov to Marshal of the Soviet Union Cde. N.I. Krylov General-Lieutenant of Aviation Lovkov reflects on Operation Anadyr’, including what lessons the Soviet military can draw from the episode and how the personnel involved in the shipment of missiles to Cuba should now be treated.
August 23, 1963	Report from General-Lieutenant of Aviation Lovkov to the Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff General-Lieutenant of Aviation Lovkov writes that the "experience of the shipments of the Missile Forces by sea in the summer of 1962" to Cuba will be useful in completing a new manual on transporting missiles over water.
December 1962	Report of the Commander of the 51st Missile Division concerning the Operations of the Division during the Period from 12 July through 1 December 1962 Commander of the 51st Missile Division General-Major Igor Demyanovich Statsenko's detailed postmortem on the deployment of Soviet missiles to Cuba in mid-1962 and their removal later that year following the nuclear confrontation with the United States. The report includes an attachment titled: "Some Questions of Operational and Tactical Concealment during the Operation of the Division on the Island of Cuba."
December 18, 1962	Letter, General-Major Igor Demyanovich Statsenko, Commander of the 51st Missile Division, to the Commander-in-Chief of the Missile Forces, Moscow A cover letter from Statsenko indicating that he is submitting copies of his detailed reports on the deployment of Soviet missiles to Cuba in mid-1962 and their removal later that year.
September 27, 1960	Top Secret Service and Character References for Core Group of Six Cosmonauts Training for the First Human Spaceflight Brief service and political character references for the core group of six cosmonauts training for the first human spaceflight.