Russia & Eurasia

Hoover Acquires Valuable Addition to the Papers of Prince Grigorii Nikolaevich Trubetskoi

Newly Cataloged Library Materials September-October 2022

American Red Cross Volunteer in the Far East, Easley Jones Collection–New Acquisition at the Hoover Institution

Journals and photographs document Easley Jones’ service with the American Red Cross in China, Korea, Japan, and Siberia from 1919 to 1920.

New Exhibition Bread + Medicine: Saving Lives In A Time Of Famine Opens At The Hoover Institution Library & Archives

American medical relief in Soviet Russia and Ukraine is the subject of a new exhibition opening September 19 at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives and curated by Hoover research fellow Bertrand Patenaude. It brings to light an American rescue operation during a catastrophic famine a century ago, when food and medical relief were equally critical to saving millions of lives.

Papers of US Political Scientist, Brendan Kiernan on USSR and Russian Federation—a New Acquisition at the Hoover Institution

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives has recently acquired the papers of Brendan Kiernan, a US political scientist and consultant whose research and activities took him to the USSR and Russian Federation in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Celebrating Herbert Hoover’s Humanitarian Relief Work

Scholars, family, and community members gather to reflect on Herbert Hoover’s food and medical relief operations during the 1921–23 famine in Soviet Russia and Ukraine.

The Hoover Institution Answers the International Call of Support to Protect Ukrainian Cultural Heritage

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives works with the Shadows Project, co-founded by Stanford student to answer the international call of support to protect Ukrainian cultural heritage.

Collecting on War During a Time of War

A recent visit to the Ukraine offers a glimpse of collecting materials on war during a time of war and in the digital age of social and political expression. 

Hoover Institution Acquires the Papers of Boris Pushkarev

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives has acquired the papers of Boris Pushkarev, the son of prominent Russian émigré historian Sergei Pushkarev.