As Director of the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History he was an important figure in the opening up of Russian archives in the wake of the fall of Communism. He now teaches at the Lomonosov Moscow State University
He was interviewed, in Russian, for WW2History.com by Martina Carr, who also translated the interview into English.
To read the interview with Dr Anderson, click on the subject headings on the right.
Dr Kirill Anderson
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Dr Kirill Anderson
- Stalin
- Nazi/Soviet pact
- Stalin's attitude to the Germans
- The secret protocol
- The Katyn massacre
- Stalin ignores warnings of invasion
- Early days of the invasion
- Stalin and his generals
- Stalin and the allies
- Stalin and Poland
- Stalin and the cold war
- Major turning point of WW2
- Most overrated figure of WW2
- The shutting of Russian archives
- Why study history and WW2