Soviet My first documented group

[Bryan]

Thanks for your comments! I'm ordering a research on this group and on my Red Banner screwback.

[Riley1965]

My advice is to get everything possible. I do and I don't regret it. I get the documents translated, too. It's worth the little extra cost!!!

Just my personal experience and advice.

Doc

Edited September 15, 2006 by Riley1965

[Bryan]

I'm learning russian rigth now. so I won't ask for the translation. My only big problem is to read russian handwriting.

[Ed_Haynes]

I'm learning russian rigth now. so I won't ask for the translation. My only big problem is to read russian handwriting.

In between the often insane handwriting and the specialised vocabulary and abbreviations, you may still need someone with specialised knowledge in the particular Russian used in the documents. My colleague, who specialises in Russian history (late imperial, early Soviet) and has years of research experience in central and provincial archives often has problems and I have to run back to the researcher and beg "will you translate just this little bit please".