British-Soviet_Friendship_Society

British-Soviet Friendship Society

British-Soviet Friendship Society

Defunct British society

The British-Soviet Friendship Society was a British organisation active from 1946 to 1991.[1]

Quick Facts Formation, Legal status ...

The society's papers are held at the Marx Memorial Library,[1] while the University of Hull's archives hold papers relating to the society's 1952 trip to the Soviet Union.[2]

The society was a successor to the Friends of the Soviet Union (established in 1930), the Russia Today Society (1934), and the Anglo-Soviet Friendship Committee (1940).[1]

From 1956 to 1990, it published a monthly or bimonthly journal British-Soviet Friendship, retitled BSFS Journal in 1990.[3]

Chairman

References

  1. [1]
    "British Soviet Friendship Society Papers". marx.soutron.net. Marx Memorial Library. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Papers relating to the British Soviet Friendship Society visit to USSR - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. JISC. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Catalogue record for "British-Soviet Friendship"". British Library. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. [4]
    HOLLINGSWORTH, MARK (1 June 2023). "WHEN RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE SOUGHT TO RECRUIT BRITISH MPS". Declassified UK. Retrieved 1 September 2023.


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