Russian TASS New Agency- a collection of news Radziecka Agencja Informacyjna TASS-zbiór komunikatów (Sygn. 1424)
Extent and Medium
11,265 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Telegrafnoe agentstvo SSSR
Biographical History
Russian News Agency TASS, abbreviated TASS, is a major news agency in Russia founded in 1904. TASS is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide, along with Reuters, the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse [Wikipedia]
Archival History
Archiwum Akt Nowych
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn.1424. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2020. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
Scope and Content
News from the Russian news agency TASS regarding: the Anders Army in the USSR and the East; the situation on the fronts of World War II and the Red Army; conferences in Yalta, San Francisco and Potsdam, and the results of Mikołajczyk's visit in Moscow; Soviet opinions about the Catholic church; The Krajowa Rada Narodowa (National Council) and the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego, PKWN (Polish National Liberation Committee); the situation of Polish people in the USSR and in the West; situation of Poland during the occupation; Polish territories occupied by the Red Army in 1944; post-war federation projects with the participation of Poland; Polish government in London; and Polish-Soviet relations in the opinion of foreign and emigration press.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in six groups: 1. Polish immigration and the Anders Army; 2. London government; 3. Foreign press; 4. News regarding the National Council and the economic and political situation in Poland; 5. Reports of the Soviet Army Command about the situation on the WWII fronts; 1943-1945, 6. TASS announcements concerning the establishment and operation of the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego, PKWN (Polish National Liberation Committee), July-Dec. 1944.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
People
- Mikołajczyk, Stanisław, 1901-1966.
- Anders, Władysław, 1892-1970.
Corporate Bodies
- AK-Home Army (Poland)
- Red Army (Soviet Union)
- Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile)
Subjects
- Poland--Armed Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- Press and politics--Russia--History--20th century.
- Poland--History--Occupation,1939-1945.
- Emigration and immigration--Poland--20th century.
- Political parties--Poland--History--20th century.
- Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--20th century.
- Communist -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- World War, 1939-1945--Governments in exile--Sources.
- Communism--Poland--History--20th century.
- Poland
- Poland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Municipal government.
Genre
- Registers.
- Announcements.
- Reports.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Document