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COLD OPEN. This episode presents the document titled Documents on Israeli‑Soviet Relations, 1941‑1953, Part One, covering the period May 1941 through May 1949. The material was uploaded to The Black Vault, a public archive of declassified records, and is available at archive.org under the URL https://archive.org/download/documents-on-israeli-soviet-relations-1941-1953-part-i-bentsur-eytan-russian-aca/Documents On Israeli-Soviet Relations 1941-1953 Part I - Bentsur, Eytan; Russian Academy of Sciences, Russiadjvu.txt. The publication is notable because it represents a joint Israeli‑Russian effort to make primary source material on early bilateral relations accessible to scholars and the public. PROVENANCE. The collection was released through The Black Vault’s digital repository on an unspecified date, cited as a public‑domain work originating from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Israeli State Archives, the Cummings Center for Russian Studies at Tel Aviv University, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Russian Federal Archives, and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. No FOIA case number is attached, and the declassification authority is the joint editorial board comprising officials from both governments. THE DOCUMENT. The title page reads: Documents on Israeli‑Soviet Relations, 1941‑1953, Part I: 1941—May 1949. It lists the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Israeli State Archives, the Cummings Center for Russian Studies, Tel Aviv University, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Russian Federal Archives, the Institute of Oriental Studies, and the Russian Academy of Sciences as contributing agencies. The editorial board is chaired by Eytan Bentsur, with academic editors Evyatar Friesel, Gabriel Gorodetsky, Yaacov Ro’, Yehoshua Freundlich, Dov Yaroshevski, Boris L. Kolokolov, Alexander V. Saltanov, Pavel V. Stegny, Mikhail L. Bogdanov, Sergei V. Mironenko, and Vitalii V. Naumkin. Translations from Hebrew are credited to Ralph Mandel and Joseph Elron; translations from Russian to Richard Kindersley. The publication information notes that the first edition was issued in two thousand by Frank Cass Publishers and that a later edition was released in two thousand nineteen by Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. Copyright is claimed by the Cummings Center, with a statement that no part of the book may be reproduced without written permission. The front matter includes a list of illustrations, a foreword by the Foreign Minister of the State of Israel, and a foreword by the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, followed by a preface, glossary, list of documents, biographical notes, bibliography, and index. Foreword by the Foreign Minister of the State of Israel. The Minister states: “The official publication of documents on Israeli‑Soviet relations is indeed an extraordinary event. Governments rarely embark on joint publications…

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This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

Documents On Israeli Soviet Relations 1941 1953 Part I (russian Academy Of Sciences, Russia)

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COLD OPEN. This episode presents the document titled Documents on Israeli‑Soviet Relations, 1941‑1953, Part One, covering the period May 1941 through May 1949. txt. The publication is notable because it represents a joint Israeli‑Russian effort to make primary source material on early bilateral relations accessible to scholars and the public.

Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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COLD OPEN. The document titled Documents on Israeli‑Soviet Relations, 1941‑1953, Part One, was compiled jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The volume covers the period from May nineteen forty‑one through…

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What was Documents On Israeli Soviet Relations 1941 1953 Part I (russian Academy Of Sciences, Russia) about?: COLD OPEN. This episode presents the document titled Documents on Israeli‑Soviet Relations, 1941‑1953, Part One, covering the period May 1941 through May 1949. txt. The publication is notable because it represents a joint Israeli‑Russian effort to make primary source material on early bilateral relations accessible to scholars and the public.
Why was this case declassified?: This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Storyflo narrates it directly from the public release.

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