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Photograph of Azadi Tower

Middle East

Iran

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

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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The Iran/Azerbaijian Crisis, 1946

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Iran

Iranian Azerbaijan

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People's Party of Iran (Tudeh)

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Iran's Tudeh Party

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Bagirov, Mir Dzhafar Abbas

1896- 1956

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Eastern Europe

Azerbaijan

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Radmanesh, Reza

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Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

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Kozlov, I.

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Maslennikov, Ivan I.

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Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

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Eastern Europe

Romania

Yasser Arafat and Nicolae Ceausescu

Ceausescu's Diplomacy in the Middle East

Truman with Attlee and Stalin at Potsdam

Cold War Origins

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March 21, 1953	Letter to the CC of the CP of Azerbaijan M.D. Bagirov from Deputy Chief of the General Department CC CPSU Khodov Khodov requests the return of two letters from the Iranian People’s Party Central Committee.
1950	Excerpt from a Dissertation by M.I. Ivanova in the CC CPSU Academy of Social Sciences An excerpt from M.I. Ivanova's dissertation which quotes a decision by the Central Committee of the Iranian Communist Party (ICP).
January 12, 1953	Message to M.D. Bagirov from Kambakhsh about M.I. Ivanova's Dissertation Letter to M.D. Bagirov from Kambakhsh about the contents of M.I. Ivanova's classified dissertation about the Iranian Communist Party.
January 1953	Message to the Secretary of the CC CPSU G.M. Malenkov from Secretary of the CC of the CP of Azerbaijan M.D. Bagirov about M.I. Ivanova's Dissertation Secretary Malenkov reports that M.I. Ivanova's dissertation about the activities of the Iranian Communist Party contained decisions which are "misleading and distort the character and meaning of a number of the most important political events and issues"
August 21, 1953	Message to N.S. Khrushchev from Secretary of the CC of the CP of Azerbaijan T.A. Yakubov on Work with the Azerbaijani Democrats Letter from N.S. Khrushchev to T.A. Yakubov regarding the Azerbaijani democrats and their living conditions. It recommends the filming of of the “On the Banks of the Araks” documentary film be allowed to continue in order that the serious condition of the refugees and their finding of employment in Soviet Azerbaijan be documented
August 1953	Message to the CC CPSU Presidium, from USSR Minister of Internal Affairs S. Kruglov and Secretary of the CC of the CP of Azerbaijan T. Yakubov Letter reporting on illegal crossings of the border to Azerbaijan by Iranians due to the famine there. Because of the security risk of infiltration by foreign intelligence agents, recommended that all illegal crossings be sent back to Iran.
January 13, 1959	Soviet Report, 'The Ideological Aggression of American Imperialism in the Orient' This report emphasizes American propaganda in the Middle East, such as promoting democracy and American way of life, as well as its anti-Soviet propaganda. The report also extensively lists the Americans' participation in the region such as how much money and resources were devoted there, including from private institutions.
February 28, 1959	Soviet Committee for State Security, Report on Turkmen and Azerbaijan Border Districts with Iran In this letter the Committee for State Security reports that Turkmen and Azerbaijan Border Districts had noticed a concentration of Soviet troops near the Iranian border, with some concluding the Soviet Union is beginning a policy of threats towards Iran.
July 7, 1957	Resolution of the Central Committee of the People's Party of Iran about the Anti-Party Group Following the "Anti-Party Group's" failed removal of Khrushchev as General Secretary of the CPSU, the People's Party of Iran sends a resolution approving of the CPSU CC plenum's actions and the policy of de-Stalinization.
March 1, 1957	Resolution of the CC of the People's Party of Iran of 1 March 1957 Regarding the Events of February 1949 Following Naser Fakhr Arai's attempt to kill the Shah in February 1949, the People's Party of Iran faced accusations that it had a direct role in the assassination attempt. The NPI denied any direct role, however contends that executive committee member Kyanuri and Party official Argani were connected in the capacity that they were aware of it. The resolution seeks to explain their character of connection and their degree of responsibility.