The Smolensk archives
Subtitle: a collection of documents primarily from the files of the Smolensk oblastʹ Communist Party, 1917-1941.
Contributors: Fainsod, Merle, 1907-1972.; United States. Adjutant-General's Office.
Series: National Archives microcopy -- T84, reel no. 27-28 ; T87, reel no. 1-69 ; T88, reel no. 1-4; National Archives microcopy (United States National Archives and Records Service) -- T84, reel no. 27-28; National Archives microcopy (United States National Archives and Records Service) -- T87, reel no. 1-69; National Archives microcopy (United States National Archives and Records Service) -- T88, reel no. 1-4
Publisher: American Historical Association, Committee for the Study of War Documents
Published: 1957
Place of publication: Washington (D.C.)
Language: rus
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za. -- Smolenskiĭ oblastnoĭ komitet -- Party work; Archives -- Russia (Federation) -- Smolensk (Province); Smolenskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia) -- History -- Sources
Notes: "The National Archives of the United States.  A microfilm publication."

Title from microfilm.

Includes a film of the card catalogue of the collection, prepared by the Departmental Records Branch. (T87, reel no.1)

Includes also a selective index to items of principal interest in the Smolensk archives, prepared by Merle Fainsod for the RAND Corporation, 1954.  40 p. (T87, reel no. 1)

Documents in Russian, covering material and catalogue in English.

"The records ... in the custody of the Departmental Records Branch, TAGO, ... fell into the hands of the United States Army in the course of military operations in Germany."