Red Files: Secrets from the Russian Archives by George Feifer

by George Feifer

For eighty years, Western audiences were fed cookie-cutter images and disinformation about Russia via the all-controlling KGB and Communist Party. Now, as we approach the millennium, we can finally experience the truth about Russia's past century. PBS producer Abamedia, in conjunction with experienced Russian expert George Feifer, has concluded a deal for exclusive access to the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, the Soviet Union's single archive for imagery since 1917. The author provides extraordinary revelations and never-before-seen images from deep within Russia's document vaults, uncovering a treasure-trove of provocative and previously unexplored Russian history. The book's four chapters discuss never-before-seen material from the Cold War period, the space race, secrets of the KGB, and Soviet sports.

Genres: History

Hardcover

First published July 1, 2000

About the author

George Feifer was a journalist and author who wrote about the Soviet Union.

Reviews

[Abhishek Agarwal · Rating 3 out of 5]

I expected some thrilling spy/intelligence stories but the book is very nuanced take on realities of cold-war, complexities of that time within Russian society. Many of the instances may be hard to appreciate if you are not associated with Russia in any way.