On the Eve of
the Great Patriotic War
September 1, 1939 – June 22, 1941
Stalin Joseph

1878 – 1953
[August 1939]
Russian State Archive of Social and Political History
Coll. 558, ser. 11, fold. 511.
Press proof
[August 1939]
Russian State Archive of Social and Political History
Coll. 558, ser. 11, fold. 510.
Press proof
2 September 1939
Russian State Archive of Contemporary History
Coll. 3, ser. 50, fold. 410, ff. 5–8.
Original
4 September 1939
Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 302, fold. 2091, ff. 26–27.
Certified copy
25 September 1939
National Archives of the Republic of Belarus
Coll. 4p, ser. 1, fold. 14623, ff. 206–211
1 October 1939
Russian State Archive of Social and Political History
Coll. 558, ser. 11, fold. 388, ff. 14–32.
Original
5 October 1939
Russian State Archives of Film and Photo Documents
Archive № 0-292880
Photograph
10 October 1939
Russian State Archives of Film and Photo Documents
Archive № 0-292879
Photograph
12 October 1939
Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 300, fold. 2078, ff. 156–158.
Certified copy
15 October 1939
Russian State Archive of Social and Political History
Coll. 17, ser. 166, fold. 615, f. 58.
Original. Corrections – autograph of J. Stalin