Black Sea

РГАСПИ. Ф. 558. Оп. 11. Д. 299. Л. 45–50.
Excerpt from the diary of Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs V. Molotov: transcript of a conversation with German Ambassador to the USSR F. von der Schulenburg about the German invasion of Denmark and Norway, rumours of Anglo-Soviet trade talks, and current issues in Soviet-German relations
9 April 1940
Russian State Archive of Social and Political History
Coll. 558, ser. 11, fold. 299, ff. 45–50.

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ЦА МО РФ. Ф. 16а. Оп. 2951. Д. 239. Л. 1–37, 197–244; Д. 241. Л. 1–55 об.
Report from Soviet People’s Commissar of Defence S. Timoshenko and Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army B. Shaposhnikov to the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party about the basic principles of the strategic deployment of the Soviet Armed Forces in the West and East in 1940 and 1941
[July 1940]
Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Coll. 16а, ser. 2951, fold. 239, ff. 1–37.

Original

ЦА МО РФ. Ф. 16а. Оп. 2951. Д. 242. Л. 84–90.
Report from Soviet People’s Commissar of Defence S. Timoshenko and Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army K. Meretskov to the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party regarding their conclusions about the strategic deployment of the Soviet Armed Forces in 1941
14 October 1940
Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Coll. 16а, ser. 2951, fold. 242, ff. 84–90.

Original

АВП РФ. Ф. 059. Оп. 1. П. 339. Д. 2315. Л. 29–30, 30об.
Cipher telegram from the ‘Instance’ (J. Stalin) to Soviet People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs V. Molotov in Berlin about the interest of the USSR in assuring the security of the Black Sea regions of the Soviet Union
13 November 1940
Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 339, fold. 2315, ff. 29–30, 30v.

Original. Title and certain corrections – autograph of J. Stalin

ЦА МО РФ. Ф. 28. Оп. 17. Д. 6. Л. 1–18.
Draft directive of the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Defence for developing a plan for the rapid deployment of the armies of the Kiev Military District
28 November 1940
Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Coll. 28, ser. 17, fold. 6, ff. 1–18.
Original
ЦА МО РФ
Map Operation ‘Barbarossa’
[1940]
Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Press proof
АВП РФ. Ф. 059. Оп. 1. П. 314. Д. 2163. Л. 192–195.
Cipher telegram from Soviet Plenipotentiary Representative in Turkey S. Vinogradov to the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs about the negative reply of the Turkish government to the Soviet query regarding the declaration by Turkish Ambassador to Moscow H. Aktay regarding the Balkans and the Black Sea
28 December 1940
Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Coll. 059, ser. 1, box 314, fold. 2163, ff. 192–195.

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